Texas History Midterm Review
Ideas, people and events to review…
Chapter 1: Texas Geography
- Cultural Diffusion
- Wrong way rivers
- Metroplex
Chapter 2: Regions of Texas
- 4 main regions of Texas
- Characteristics of Mountain and Basins region (West Texas)
- Characteristics of the Coastal Plains (East Texas)
Chapter 3: Native Americans
- The impact of farming on native societies
- Be familiar with the tribes, location, lifestyle, dwellings and traditions of the following cultures:
-Caddo
-Plains
-Pueblo
-Gulf
Chapter 4: Early Explorers
- Spanish conquest of the new world
- Christopher Columbus
- Define Conquistador
- Coronado
- Cortez and significance of 1519
- Cabeza de Vaca
- Motivation of conquistadors
- Interaction between Spanish and Native Americans
- Declining interest of Spanish in Texas
- Effects of La Salle in Texas
- French vs Spanish interest in Texas
- France as a threat to Spain
Chapter 5: Missions and Settlements
- Reason Spanish established missions
- Role of Missions
- Life in Missions
- 1718 – Founding of San Antonio
- Reasons for the failure of Spanish missions in Texas
- Impact of European settlement on Native cultures
Chapter 6: End of Spanish Rule
- Louisiana Purchase – Who? What? Where? When? Why important?
- Define Filibuster
- Father Hidalgo – began movement for Mexican Independence
- Reasons Spain lost Texas
- Spanish legacy in Texas
- Adams-Onis Treaty 1819
- Mexican Independence 1821
Chapter 7: Empresarios
- Definition Empresario
- Define Tejano
- Stephen F. Austin = Father of Texas
- Reason Americans settled in Texas
- Number of Anglo Americans in Texas vs. Number of Tejanos
- Centralists vs. Federalists
- Importance of the Mexican Constitution of 1824
Chapter 8: Growing Tensions
- Causes, Effects, and facts of the Fredonian Revolt
- Slavery in Texas
- Turtle Bayou Resolutions
- Similarities of Conventions of 1832 and 1833
- Significance of arrest of Stephen F. Austin
- Identify the role and importance of the following people:
- Santa Anna
-Mier y Teran
- Why did Stephen F. Austin approve the Consultation?
- Components and effects of the Law of April 6, 1830
- Santa Anna as federalist vs. Santa Anna as a dictator
Chapter 9: Texas Revolution
- Identify the role and importance of the following:
-Committees of correspondence
-Battle of Gonzales
-Consultation
-November – December 1835: Siege of San Antonio
-Convention of 1836
-March 2, 1836: Texas Independence
Chapter 10: Alamo and Goliad
- Alamo Battle – Who? What? Where? When? Why significant?
- Disadvantages of Texans at the Alamo
- Reasons why Mexicans attacked the Alamo in 1836
- Outcome of the Alamo battle
- Jim Bowie
- David Crockett
- William B. Travis
- William Barrett Travis/ Importance of Alamo letter
- James Fannin and Goliad Massacre
Chapter 11: San Jacinto
- Significance and facts concerning the Battle of San Jacinto
- Date Texans won independence from Mexico
- Treaties of Velasco
- Reasons why Mexico lost control of Texas
- Significance of Santa Anna and Sam Houston
- Know the correct sequence of the following conflicts: Fall of the Alamo, Battle of San Jacinto,Goliad Massacre, Battle of Gonzales