Mexican National Day 4 Assignment

What is the title of the graph?

About how many people lived in Texas in 1810? 1820?

What caused a population increase between 1820 and 1830?

Imagine that it’s 1825 and you are traveling to Texas. Write a journal entry describing your reasons for coming to Texas.

Based on the excerpt, what effect did geography have on the location of Austin’s colony?

• Austin set up his colony close to Spanish authorities.
• Anglo-American settlers could only settle in the Neutral Ground.
• Tejanos and Natives sold their land to new Anglo settlers.
• Anglo farmers would have access to rich farmland to grow crops.

Which statement provides evidence for the answer to Part A?

• “…permission to bring Anglo-American settlers from the United States into Texas.”
• “…settle along the Brazos River in the Coastal Plains region.”
• “…eager to come to Texas because land was inexpensive.”
• “For many farmers who had lost their land… ”

What were empresarios AND why did the Mexican government employ them?

The ____________________ ended the Mexican War for Independence.

• Treaty of Córdoba
• Age of Contact
• San Antonio de Valero
• Grito de Dolores
• José Gutiérrez de Lara

The ____________________ made three guarantees: independence from Spain, equal rights for all Spanish citizens, and Catholicism would become the official religion.

• Plan of Iguala
• Age of Contact
• San Antonio de Valero
• Grito de Dolores
• José Gutiérrez de Lara

_________________ was a Mexican filibuster who proclaimed Texas independent.

• José Gutiérrez de Lara
• Age of Contact
• San Antonio de Valero
• Grito de Dolores
• Plan of Iguala