Mexican National Vocab

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One of the states of the newly established United Mexican States under the 1824 Constitution.

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Coahuila y Tejas

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Mexican government granted a large Texas territory to _________ to attract settlers, providing land and semi-political authority.

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Emprasario

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Mexican claiming Texas as home.

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Tejano

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First American to receive a Spanish land grant in Mexico, later Texas. He died and passed land to his son.

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Moses Austin

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Successful empresario who brought Mexicans to Texas.

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Martin De Leon

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Second most successful empresario; in 1825 settled 400 colonists at Gonzales on the Guadalupe River; his wife and daughter made the "Come and Take It" banner for the 1835 battle.

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Green De Witt

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Father of Texas, led successful colonization by bringing 300 families from the U.S.

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Stephen Austin

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Patterned after the U.S. Constitution, resembling the Spanish Constitution of 1812; Congress as final interpreter; Catholicism as state faith supported by public treasury.

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1824 Mexican Constitution

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Settlement in Coahuila and Texas encouraged agriculture and commerce. Americans could settle but Mexicans had land priority. Settlers had tax exemptions and had to pledge allegiance to Mexico, practice Christianity, and uphold morals.

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State Colonization Law of 1825

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A government where people are ruled by elected representatives.

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Representative government