What led Mexico to fight for independence from Spain and what were
the effects on Texas?2D
EQ:
Mortar
I.
Texas involvement in the fight for independence (Individuals and
Issues)
Revolution
Dictatorship
Reform
Factions
Empire
Immigration
(1800) Philip Nolan – a filibuster from the United States that was sent to Texas
with Spanish approval, but Spain was suspicious of the U.S. taking control of
Texas
B. (1810) Father MIGUEL Hidalgo gives his grito or call for rebellion.
1. He is executed but the revolution begins
C. (1812) Gutierrez-Magee Expedition – José Bernardo Gutiérrez (follower of
Father Hidalgo) and Augustus Magee (former U.S. soldier)
1. José Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara
a) Leader of the Mexican Republican Army of the North and
opposed Spanish Rule
b) Joined Agustus Magee and his men, which became known as
the Guiterrez-Magee Expedition
c) First Governor of Mexican Texas
2. They organized the Republic of the North and proclaimed Texas
independent of Spain, but were defeated. It encouraged others to free
Texas and Mexico from Spanish rule
3. Supported several filibuster expeditions
D. (1813)They lost at the Battle of Medina
1. Fought August 18, 1813, along the Medina River south of San Antonio
between the republican forces of the Gutiérrez-Magee expedition and
the Spanish royalist army
2. The Republican army lost miserably, but it encouraged others to
participate in the revolution.
3. Bloodiest Battle on Texas Soil – Ever! Forever, like Forever-ever
E. (~1816) Galveston Pirates – Jean Lafitte and other pirates attacked Spanish
ships
1. Jean LaFitte Takes over Galveston from the Spanish
F. (1819) Long Expedition – Dr. James Long led a group from Mississippi to
Nacogdoches where he declared Texas independent from Spain. While looking
for military support, he was captured, taken to Mexico City, and shot.
A.
Brick
Empresarios
Settlement
Land Grant
Independence
Contract
Allegiance
I think liberation means _____
_________________________
_________________________.
What do the things below have in
common? Look them up and
define with key words next to
them.
Tejano
Lauriats
Vaqueros
____________________
Garcia, Martinez, Gonzales,
Hernandez,
______________________
Rio Grande, Guadalupe, Concho,
Nueces, Brazos
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Amarillo, El Paso, San Antonio, Del
Rio, Galveston
___________________________
El Camino Real
I think all these things are similar
in that……………….
II.
After Mexican Texas wins its Independence from Spain (1821)
A.
B.
C.
III.
Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824
1. The Constitution written after Mexico’s independence from Spain
2. The Republic took the name of United Mexican States, and was defined
as a representative federal republic with Catholicism as the official
religion.
3. Created the state of Coahuila y Tejas, merging the two provinces
Merger of Texas and Coahuilla in the Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824 :
1. Texas was not organized as a separate state because of its small
population.
State Colonization Law of 1825
1. Law that set up guidelines to the colonization of Coahuila y Texas
2. Allowed Stephen F. Austin and other empresarios to receive land
grants in Texas
M exican Texas and the Irony of Slavery
1821 – while colonists could bring slaves to Texas and buy land depending on
the number of slaves brought.
1. Mexico offered full citizenship to free blacks, including land ownership
and other privileges.
B. 1823 – the sale or purchase of slaves was forbidden in Texas, and required that
the children of slaves be freed when they reached age fourteen.
C. 1827 – the legislature of Coahuila y Tejas outlawed the introduction of additional
slaves and granted freedom at birth to all children born to a slave.
D. 1829 – Mexico abolished slavery, but it granted an exception to Texas.
E. 1830 – importation of slaves were illegal in Texas.
A.