General

• What can you title the list below?

  _________

  • written in 1824
  • Legislative, Judicial, Executive branches
  • Catholicism was the official religion

  Traits of the Mexican Federal Constitution
• What state did Texas become apart of?

  Coahuila y Tejas
• What were the requirements that Mexico implied?

  1.Become a Mexican citizen

  2.Become a Catholic

  3.Have good moral values
• Why did many farmers and ranchers decide to move to Texas?

  because of the cheap land and fertile soil
• Who am I?

  __________

  • I was the first Anglo Empresario in Texas
  • I received a land grant to settle 300 families
  • I died before being able to fulfill his duties

  Moses Austin
• Who am I?

  _________

  • I helped the Austins receive their land grant
  • I secured Texas provision to a future statehood

  Erasmo Seguin
• Who am I?

  _________

  • I died as an unsuccessful empresario
  • My land grant was eventually cancelled due to my failure to fulfill my promised 400 families

  Green Dewit
• Who am I?

  __________

  • I was the son of Moses Austin
  • I fulfilled my father's duties
  • I settled the "Old 300" in 1821
  • I was the most successful Texas empresario
  • I am known as the "Father of Texas"

  Stephan F. Austin
• Who am I?

  __________

  • I was a Mexican Empresario
  • I settled 200 Mexican Families
  • I was the most successful Mexican empresario

  Martin De Leon
• Who am I?

  _________

  • I settled the Dewards colony in Nacogdoces
  • I was the leader of the Fredonian Rebellion

  Haden Edwards
• My neighbor GTT on their front door; what does that mean?


  " Gone To Texas"
• Why was the Guerro Decree important?

  It abolished slavery in Mexico, but granted Texas an exception