Key Chapter 6 Review Sheet: End to Spanish Rule

  1. What is the Tejano culture like? P 133 & 153 The mixture of the Spanish Culture with the Texas culture
  1. What 2 Revolutions made Mexico want to fight for independence? P 138 French and American
  1. What were the conditions of the Treaty of Paris? P 138 Spain received New Orleans and all French land west of the Mississippi River
  1. What did Spain do to help in the American Revolution? P 138-139 Opened the port of New Orleans; supplied the American troops with necessary items; kept the lower Mississippi River out of British hands
  1. What Spanish officer wrote a report on the need for Texas Missions? P 139 Marquis de Rubi
  1. What did Marquis de Rubi Report say? P 139 Abandon all missions in Texas, but San Antonio & Goliad, form alliances with the Comanche’s against the Apache, Spanish settlers in East Texas should be moved closer to San Antonio, & a line of 15 forts to stretch across northern Mexico should be created.
  1. Why did Spain have a problem colonizing Texas in the 1700’s? P 139Conflicts with the Apache and Comanche Indians
  1. The settlers in East Texas were reluctant to move to San Antonio. P 139
  1. Who was the East Texas leader that founded Nacogdoches? P 139Gil Ybarbo
  1. Why did the town of Bucareli fail? P 139 the crops were not successful, a small pox epidemic and conflicts with the Comanche’s who harassed settlers
  1. Who did the US purchase the Louisiana Territory from? Why? For how much? P 141 From France; to control the Mississippi River; $15 million
  1. What happened to the size of the US after the Louisiana Purchase? P 141 it doubled in size
  1. How did New Spain react to the Louisiana Purchase?p141-142

they suspected the Americans were trying to enter Texas were spies; They were nervous the US was wanting to expand westwards; they felt the Louisiana territory belonged to New Spain due to the French and Indian war.

  1. What were the conditions of the Adams-Onis Treaty? P 142Spain gave the US Florida, the Sabine River became the eastern boundary of Texas, the US gave up all claims to Texas
  1. What is a filibuster? Adventurers; some thought Texas should be a part of the US; some wanted to free Texas or all of Mexico from Spain; they searched for quick wealth
  1. What did Spanish officials accuse Philip Nolan of being? What did they do to him? P 142A spy for the US; they killed him
  1. What was Father Hidalgo’s grito? P 145To make the people of Mexico to rise up and fight for independence from Spain and recover their land they lost over 300 years ago
  1. Who was the rebel leader sent to the US for money and supplies to fight for Texas independence? P 145Gutierrez
  1. What was the goal of the Gutierrez-Magee expedition? P 145Invade Texas and make it free from Spain rule with the support of the US(fight for TX independence)
  1. What is a Republic? P145 a government in which voters choose people to represent them
  1. What group fought for Texas’s independence? P 145Republican Army of the North
  1. What did Americans do in reaction to Mexican Independence? P145-146 Some joined the Republican Army of the North
  1. Who replaced Augustus Magee when he died? P146Samuel Kemper
  1. What cities did the Republican Army of the North capture? P 145-146Nacogdoches and San Antonio, thus saying Texas was independent
  1. Why was there trouble among the Republican Army of the North? P 146Because the Americans and Mexicans were fighting over the type of government to have
  1. What did the Americans want after they thought they had freed Texas? P 146Texas to be independent
  1. What did the Spanish want after they thought they had freed Texas? P 146They wanted Texas to be part of Mexico again
  1. What did General Arredondo do to the troops of the Republican Army of the North? P 146he Killed most of the Republican Army of the North and anyone who supported it
  1. What Spanish General executed settlers in San Antonio and in East Texas towns? P 146General Arredondo
  1. What was Jean Lafitte know for? P147 aided the British in the War of 1812; pardoned for crimes by the US; Controlled Galveston; claimed to help rebels fight for Mexican independence but had personal motives
  2. Who was James Long? P 148Filibuster who came into Texas to capture it from Spanish rule because he did not agree with the Adams-Onis Treaty; captured the town of Nacogdoches and declared Texas independent in 1819.
  1. What were the 3 main settlements in Texas? P 150-151San Antonio, Goliad & Nacogdoches
  1. What was the largest settlement in Texas in 1821? P 151San Antonio
  1. Who is Antonio Martinez? What did he say Spain needed to do with Texas?Pg151-152 last Spanish governor of Texas; asked Spain for more soldiers to defend Texas
  1. What is the name of the Road that connects Saltillo, San Antonio, and Nacogdoches? P 153El Camino Real
  1. What is a Vaquero? A Spanish cowboy
  1. How does the Spanish culture have an impact on Texas today?Spanish Language, religion, farming, ranching, holidays and festivals, names of cities and rivers(places), food, heritage, architecture, customs.

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