1. The History of Texas Harlan Davidson, Inc.
Instructor E-Sources PowerPoint™ Presentation Chapter 3 Mexican Texas,
The History of Texas
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2. Learning Outcomes (3)
be knowledgeable concerning frontier institutions & their impact on Texas culture & society
think about the implications of Indian accommodation & resistance in the Far Northern Frontera
appreciate the relationship between Bourbon reforms & the independence movement
cite the key components of Spain’s legacy in the colonial era

3. Chapter 3 Mexican Texas, 1821-1836
Mexico continues colonization policy
Empresarios & filibusters
James Long
Haden Edwards
Stephen F. Austin
Philip Nolan
Anglo-American immigration
Colonization Laws
Empresario Contracts

4. The Mexican Government
Native Mexicans of Texas
Revival in fortunes
Wealthy ranchos & rancherías established
Towns
Anglos & the Mexican Government
Mexican nationality often ignored
Haden Edwards & Fredonia Republic
Mier y Terán’s mission & report
Law of April 6, 1830

5. Martin de Leon of Victoria

6. Mexican Texas Mexican & American capitalists
Search for economic prosperity
Slavery & settlement concessions
Anti-slavery law exemption
Stephen F. Austin promotes cotton industry
Mounting grievances over governance
Resistance to commercial regulations
Demand for rights as Mexican citizens
Emergence of “war party” & “peace party”
Division of Coahuila y Tejas sought

7. Mexican Texas Tejano & Anglo American petitions New leaders emerge
Erasmo Seguín & son, Juan N.
Lorenzo de Zavala
José Antonio Navarro
José Francisco Ruiz
William & John Wharton
David G. Burnet
Sam Houston
José Antonio Navarro

8. Mexican Texas Coahuila y Texas Ineffectiveness of Law of April 6, 1830
Move to separate fails
Liberal legislation accepts English extends empresario contracts
Coahuilan legislature raises Texas’s representation
Ineffectiveness of Law of April 6, 1830
Land speculation
Illegal immigration rises

9. A Multicultural Society
Anglos
Towns & trade
Education & the press
Local militias
Blacks ~ the peculiar institution
slavery perpetuated despite Mexican law
By 1836, 5,000 slaves in Texas
Runaways seek refuge with Indians

10. A Multicultural Society
Tejanos
Urban settlements, rancheros, & small farms
A divided society
Social divisions
Gender divisions
Education
Native Americans
Eastern Indian people decimated by war & disease
Plains tribes maintained traditional ways
Arrival of Cherokee

11. The War for Texas Independence
Centralists back in power
Relations unravel
Travis’ Anahuac raid
de Zavala flees to Texas
Committees of correspondence
General Cós arrives
Confrontation in Gonzales
Mexico moves to crush rebellion
Lorenzo de Zavala

12. The War for Texas Independence
Independence Movement
Consultation of 1835
Provisional government
Declaration of Independence ~ March 2, 1836
Causes of the war
Constitutional conflict
Slavery & economic factors
Ethnocentrism & racism
Independence won
Fall of the Alamo & Goliad
Battle of San Jacinto ~ April 21, 1836
Treaties of Velasco

13. Key Words & Terms (3) Manuel Mier y Teran Law of April 6, 1830
Mexican Constitution of 1824
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
General Perfecto de Cos
Baron de Bastrop
“Old 300”
Philip Nolan
Dr. James Long
National Colonization Law of 1824
Empresarios/contracts
David G. Burnet
Lorenzo de Zavala
Green De Witt
Martin de Leon
John McMullen
Patrick McGloin
Stephen F. Austin
Native Mexicans / Tejanos
Martin de Leon
Jose Antonio Navarro
Jose Francisco Ruiz
Jose Maria Balmaceda
Erasmo Seguin
Juan N. Seguin
Consultation of 1835
“Come and Take It”
Battle of Gonzales
Fall of the Alamo
James W. Fannin / Fall of Goliad
Battle of San Jacinto