__TX_Unit 4 : Mexican Colonization and the Empresario
System 1821-1836
2016
Student PreTest and Learning Responsibility:
U4-1 Who were the key individuals and events related to Mexican
Independence from Spain? 7.1BC/7.2D
1820 1821 (2) 1823-1825
1824
1825 – 1830
Philip Nolan Gutierrez-Magee Expedition
Galveston Pirates Long Expedition José Gutiérrez de
Lara Battle of Medina
U4-3 What were the purposes for and Methods of settlement in
Texas? 7.2F
claim land
find resources
and civil settlements
Missions, presidios
large ranches
small businesses
increase the
population of Northern Mexico
empresario grants
large farms to grow cash crops
escape debt
new start
__TX_Unit 4 : Mexican Colonization and the Empresario
System 1821-1836
2016
U4-2 What individuals, issues and documents encouraged
Mexican Settlement in Texas? 7.2ED
Moses Austin Stephen F. Austin Erasmo Seguin Martin
De Leon Green DeWitt
Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824
Coahuila y Tejas
Slavery
State Colonization Law of 1825
In what ways did people of the era maintain and adapt their culture?
7.19B
food, music, traditions, language, and religion
Celebrations
Where were the empresario grants located in Texas? Who lives in
Texas during this time? 7.8B
During the 1800’s the population of Texas grew
significantly due to Anglo and Mexican settlers
immigrants from the United States some enslaved
Africans
Most land grants were located in South and East
Texas