Name: Jefferson, Graham
Subject: 7th Grade Texas History
Last Unit/Experience
Unit 2 - Exploration and Early Colonization of Texas
Date
Unit Schedule
Bigger Picture
The Settlement of Texas
Current Unit
Unit 3 Mexican Colonization & Empresario System
is about…
Grade
Date: 10.03.16
Next Unit/Experience
Unit 4 Unrest and Revolt in Texas
Mexican independence from Spain and the
implementation of the land grant system by the Mexican
government as a means of colonizing Texas by
Unit Vocabulary
Filibusters in Spanish Texas
Mexican Independence
Empresario Era
Analyzing
Explaining and
Comparing
Mexican Reaction to
American Immigration
Identifying
and Locating
Mexican
Independence
The Empresario Era in
Texas
Settlements in Texas
after 1821
Examining
Mexican
Laws/Texas
Reactions
Vocabulary: Filibuster, Empresario, Land Grant, Constitution, Republic,
Title Conservatives, The Old Three-hundred
Unit Self-Test Questions
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How did Spanish officials respond to fiflibusters making claims to land in East Texas?
Why were Spanish ofiicials worried about the United States claiming Territory in Texas?
What was the significance of the Adams-Onis Treaty?
How did class divisions among the Spanish contribute to social unrest and calls for independence?
What were the causes of the Mexican Revolution?
What issues were most important to Mexican leaders after Mexican independence?
How did the Constitution of 1824 affect settlement of Texas?
Unit Relationships:
Analyze
Compare
Examine
Explain
Identify
Locate
Unit 4 Mexican Colonization & Empresario System
Is about the
Mexican independence from Spain and the implementation
of the land grant system by the Mexican government as a
means of colonizing Texas by
Mexican Independence
Unrest in Mexico
Plan of Iguala
Mexican Constitution of
1824
• Power shared by
military, church,
and rebel leaders
• Catholic Church
the official church
(No Freedom of
Religion)
• Slavery not
allowed
U.S. vs Mexican
Constitutions
The Empresario Era in Texas
Moses/Stephen F. Austin
• The Old 300
Erasmo Seguin
• Sucessful Tejano
Rancher
• Helped Stephen
Austin find land for
colony
Martin De Leon
• Founded Victoria
Green DeWitt
• Founded Gonzales
Haden Edwards
• Fredonian
Rebellion
Settlement in Texas after
1821
Mexican Laws/Texas
Reactions
Reasons different
groups of settlers
migrated to Texas
Merger of Texas and
Coahuila
Slavery In Texas
Slavery Issues
U.S.A. Influence on
the World
Mexican Colonization
Laws:
Filibusters:
Philip Nolan
Long Expedition
Gutierrez-McGee
Expedition
Jean Lafitte
State Constitution Laws
•
Swear loyalty to
Mexico and become a
Mexican Citizen
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Become Catholic
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Learn Spanish