Topic: The Story of Texas
Topic: The Story of Texas
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Vocabulary and Identifications |
Important
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Biographies of Two Important People |
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Moses Austin had a dream of a settlement in the land
that Mexico controlled, so he went pleading to Mexico for a land grant.
Austin was very happy that Mexico gave him the land grant, so he then gathered
300 families to settle in it. But, in 1821, he fell deeply ill, and
so his death occurred. Before he died, he asked his son to carry
out his dream, and the future lawyer soon became what his father was.
Then, shortly after his father's death, he brought the 300 families in
the land he had.
The rapid growth of the settlement went from 300
to 20,000 families, and Mexico was not happy. It outnumbered them
ten to one. So, they stopped the immigration. Then, a man named
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna came, and took control over Mexico's government,
and soon he had power of everything. Then, on March 6, 1835, he marched
with his army to Texas, and attacked the fort, the Alamo. Since
the Alamo wasn't expecting the attack, they were defeated by Santa Anna.
They screamed out for their independence, but Mexico just wouldn't let
them be free until the battle of San Jacinto where they were defeated.
Finally, their independence was accepted, and Texas was free.
The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo happened after
Texas' freedom, and Mexico gave up all claims to the U.S. including the
Mexican Cession, and the line between Texas and Mexico ended at the Rio
Grande. The U.S. government paid it for $15 million to Mexico, and
$3.25 million that was owed to them for everything. After that, another
annexation occurred. The U.S. wanted the Gadsden Purchase for
the Transcontinental Railroad which was a railroad that stretched all the
way across the United States. The U.S. paid $10 million for it, and
then their Manifest Destiny was complete.
Vocabulary and Identifications
1) Alamo- a Texan fort that was defeated by Santa Anna on March 6, 1835
2) Antonia Lopez de Santa Anna- an army officer that had taken over Mexico's government and the Alamo
3) Stephen Austin- son of Moses Austin who brought the first group of settlers to the land soon to be Texas
4) annex- to take territory and add it to a country
5) empresarios-
Americans who received land grants from Mexico to
establish colonies
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This is a map of the United States and the acquisitions from Mexico. It shows all of the acquisitions the U.S. received from Mexico. |
Biographies
of Two Important People
| Stephen
Austin
Stephen Austin was the son of Moses Austin, who had a dream that he could get land from Mexico and settle 300 families into the land. So, he went to Mexico and pleaded for a land grant. Then, Moses Austin got deeply ill, and he died, so Stephen Austin took over the job and settled the 300 families into the land that his father had gotten from Mexico.
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Antonio
Lopez de Santa Anna
Santa Anna was a Mexican general and dictator who dominated his nation fro 30 years and led it into a disastrous war with the U.S. After he took over the Mexican government he didn't like how the U.S. settlers were taking his land. So, in the 1830s, rebellions against him broke out into several regions, and in 1835, he led an army against the rebels in Texas. He then captured the Alamo on March 6, 1835. But, the Texans under Sam Houston at San Jacinto later crushed his forces, and Santa Anna was captured. After the defeat, Santa Anna lost a leg defending Veracruz against a French naval raid, thus regaining his position of dominance in Mexico. |
1) Who was Stephen Austin?
2) Who took over Mexico?
3) Why did Santa Anna attack the Alamo?
4) On what date was the Alamo defeated?
5) After what battle did Mexico accept Texas’ independence?
6) How much did the US pay for the Gadsden Purchase?
7) What does empresarios mean?
8) The territory in the northwest is called ________ .
9) The blue lines on the map indicate ______ .
10) ____
means to take territory and then add it onto a country.
1) Stephen Austin was the son of Moses Austin who got a land grant from Mexico in order to establish colonies in the land soon to be Texas.
2) Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna took over Mexico's government.
3) Santa Anna took over the Alamo because he was angry about all of the settlers taking Mexico's land and when they tried to stop immigration to Texas, the settlers got angry.
4) The Alamo was defeated on March 6, 1835.
5) Mexico finally accepted Texas' independence after their defeat at San Jacinto.
6) The U.S. paid $15 million for the Gadsden Purchase.
7) Empresarios are people who receive land grants from Mexico to establish colonies.
8) The territory in the northwest is called the Oregon Territory.
9) The blue lines on the map indicate rivers.
10) Annex
means to take territory and then add it onto a country.
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