Unit 4: Spanish Mission to Mexican National Era Documents

  He helped Stephen F. Austin get a land grant and helped Austin settle claims and record deeds.

• Erasamo Seguin

• Baron De Bastrop

• Moses Austin

• Empresarios

He informed Moses Austin that his request to settle Texas had been approved by the government.

• Green DeWitt

• Baron De Bastrop

• Moses Austin

• Erasamo Seguin

He planned the first Anglo American settlement in Texas.

• Green DeWitt

• The Old 300

• Moses Austin

• Stephen F. Austin

The first families who settled in Stephen F. Austin's colony.

• The Old 300

• Empresarios

• Moses Austin

• Baron De Bastrop

 Land agents who brought new settlers to an area.

• Jane Long

• Stephen F. Austin

• Empresarios

• Green DeWitt

In 1811, this expedition led by Jose Gutierrez de Lara and Augustus Magee resulted in Mexico winning several battles against the Spanish.

• Gutierrez-Magee Expedition

• Constitution of 1824

• Treaty of Cordoba

• Battle of Medina

In 1821, this treaty was signed in Spain and officially ended the war and Spanish colonial rule. Mexico became an independent nation.

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Cordoba

• Constitution of 1824

• Colonization Law of 1825

In 1813, the Mexican army fought Spanish forces south of San Antonio near the Medina River. The Spanish overwhelmed the Mexican army and won a complete victory.

• Battle of Medina

• Bernardo De Galvez

• Colonization Law of 1825

• Treaty of Cordoba

By the end of the war, few people lived in Texas. In hopes of increasing the state’s population, the government made rules to attract settlers. Anglos from the U.S., were invited to immigrate to Texas.

• Treaty of Cordoba

• Gutierrez-Magee Expedition

• Constitution of 1824

• Colonization Law of 1825

Three years after winning independence, Mexico wrote the Mexican federal Constitution. The document divided Mexico into 19 states and 4 territories. The constitution allowed Texas one representative in the national gov.

• Imperial Colonization Law

• Constitution of 1824

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Cordoba