1. UNIT4 Mexican National Era

2. Original Anglo American settlers to immigrate to Texas
Old 300
Empresario
Original Anglo American settlers to immigrate to Texas
a land agent whose job is to bring in new settlers to an area

3. Spanish Mexican cowboys in Mexico-Texas area
vaquero
Filibusters
Spanish Mexican cowboys in Mexico-Texas area
Americans that drifted to Texas to see if Texas could be taken from Spanish control.

4. Mexican Revolutionary
Spanish Loyalist
Mexican rebels and Texans who wanted independence from Spain
Spanish soldiers and others who sided with Spanish govt. in defeating the Mexican Rebels

5. rebellion against the current government in order to overthrow it
immigration
revolution
To move to a new
land or country
rebellion against the current government in order to overthrow it

6. Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costillo
independence
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costillo
Freedom from control of the ruling government or country
Mexican religious figure who began the first rebellion of the Mexican Revolution; executed by Spanish royal army

7. José Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara
Battle of Medina 1813
Mexican revolutionary (rebel) who tried with American Augustus Magee to free Texas from Spanish rule
After Gutierrez victories in Texas, Mexican Gen. Arrondondo reclaimed the area for Spain at this battle and executed all Texas “republicans”

8. Moses Austin Stephen F. Austin
First Anglo American to secure permission from Spain to settle colonies in Texas 1821
Moses Austin’s son who became empresario for the first successful large Anglo colony in Texas 1823

9. Martin De León James Long
East Texas- U.S. versus Spanish boundary dispute
American filibuster who tried to free East Texas from Spain and claim it for U.S
early Texas empresario who started an Texas colony of Mexicans along the Guadalupe River 1805

10. Green deWitt Erasmo Seguín
DeWitt Colony
2nd most successful Texas empresario; established town of Gonzales in Southwest Texas
Accompanied Stephen F Austin to Mexico as language interpreter for permission from Spanish Gov. for Anglo American colony in Texas

11. 1819 U.S. and Spain settle boundary dispute
Louisiana Purchase
Adams - Onís Treaty
1803 U.S. buys Louisiana territory and questions if Texas land is part of it
1819 U.S. and Spain settle boundary dispute
Spain gets Texas
U.S. gets Florida