Unit 3 Study Guide: Pre-AP 2015
Mexican Texas: Colonization & Rebellion (Chapters 8 & 9)
Expectations of the Student/TEKS Learning Targets
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Identify the Mexican National Era of Texas History and define its characteristics
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Explain the significance of the year 1821 and apply chronology through sequencing of events of the era above
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Contrast Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo purposes for and methods of settlement in Texas
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Identify the individuals, issues, and events related to Mexico becoming an independent nation and its impact on
Texas, including the Mexican federal Constitution of 1824, the merger of Texas and Coahuila as a state, the State
Colonization Law of 1825, and slavery
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Identify the contributions of significant individuals, including Moses Austin, Stephen F. Austin, Erasmo Seguin,
Martin de Leon, and Green DeWitt, during the Mexican settlement of Texas
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Trace the development of events that led to the Texas Revolution, including the Fredonian Rebellion, the
Mier y Terán Report, the Law of April 6, 1830, the Turtle Bayou Resolutions, and the arrest of SFA
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Explain the roles played by significant individuals during the Texas Revolution, including Sam Houston,
Lorenzo de Zavala, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, and William B. Travis
Essential Topics of Significance
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SFA leadership qualities
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Mexican federal Constitution of 1824
 Anahuac Skirmish 1832
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Coahuila y Tejas and how  Turtle Bayou Resolutions
Texas could become a
 Battle of Velasco 1832
separate state
 SFA Arrest
State Colonization Law of
 Conventions of 1832 &
1825
1833
Slavery in Texas
 Spanish, Mexican, and
Fredonian Rebellion 1826
Anglo methods/purposes
Mier y Teran Report 1827
of settlement
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Law of April 6, 1830
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Centralists Return to
Power in 1829
Anglo
American
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Moses Austin
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Haden Edwards
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Stephen F. Austin
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“The Old 300”
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John Austin
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Juan Almonte
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Erasmo Seguin
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Martin de Leon
Domingo de
Ugartechea
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Green DeWitt
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Federalists
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Manuel Mier y
Teran
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Anastacio
Bustamante
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Lorenzo de Zavala
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Centralists
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Antonio Lopez de
Santa Anna
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Baron de Bastrop
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Sam Houston
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William B. Travis
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Martin Perfecto de
Cos
The Consultation 1835
Essential Vocabulary
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Essential People
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dowry
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decree
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department
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import
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land
speculator
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delegate
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dictator
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duty
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skirmish
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epidemic
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survey
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militias
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pioneers
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commerce
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depression
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resolution
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empresario
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repeal