Key Terms Chapter 8 Section 4 Directions: On notebook paper, define each term. Skip a few lines between each term. Ch. 8 Sec. 4, Empresarios and Tejanos, P. 172 1. Federal Constitution of 1824-new Mexican constitution adopted on October 24, 1824, after the fall of Emperor Iturbide 2. Republic-a government in which people elect their leaders; under the Constitution of 1824, Mexico became a republic 3. Federalism-system of government that balances powers by distributing them between one central and many regional governments 4. Coahuila y Texas-name of the new state created by the Constitution of 1824; Mexico was divided into 19 states and 5 territories and Texas was united with the province of Coahuila; Texans were unhappy because Coahuila had a much larger population and they felt Coahuila would dominate state politics (which it did) 5. National Colonization Law of 1824-allowed each Mexican state to set its own immigration policies; U.S. immigrants could no longer establish colonies along the coast or near Mexico’s borders 6. State Colonization Law of 1825-passed by the Mexican Congress to open Texas to more settlement and immigration; Tejanos hoped this would provide protection against Native Americans, raise land values, and provide new markets for Texas merchants; immigrants to Texas had to become Catholic and Mexican citizens, could get up to 4,428 acres of land, and did not have to pay taxes for 10 years 7. Empresarios-businesspeople who promoted migration to the Texas colonies; under the new laws, each empresario received 67,000 acres of land for every 200 families they brought to Texas; between 1825 and 1832, the Mexican government gave out about 24 empresario contracts 8. Green DeWitt-one of the most successful empresarios; in 1825 he received a contract to settle 400 families in his colony along the Guadalupe River, but the colony suffered many Indian attacks; by 1831, his colony had about 525 residents 9. Gonzales-main town in DeWitt’s colony 10.Martin de Leon-Tejano empresario who tried to lure Mexican families to Texas; in 1824 along the lower Guadalupe River, he established a colony of mostly Mexican settlers; town of Victoria was its main settlement; about 300 people lived in the colony by 1834; later the colony became a major ranching and trading center 11.Linnville-founded in 1831, it became a port and major trading center in de Leon’s colony 12.Patricia de Leon-wife of Martin de Leon, she worked to improve the social and cultural life of her husband’s colony; established a school and brought traditional Mexican and Spanish culture to Victoria 13.Lorenzo de Zavala-a wealthy citizen of Mexico City who gained permission from the Mexican government to establish a settlement on the Sabine River south of Nacogdoches; he ended up selling his contract and abandoning the idea
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