MEXICAN NATIONAL ERA

2. to help him be able to communicate with the local government in Mexico Austin learned to speak
4. was a land agent.
5. Under the Constitution of 1824 COAHUILA and TEJAS were united into one
7. Moses Austin does not complete his TEXAS Venture because he died of
8. Austin returned from Mexico in 1823 discovering that DROUGHTS, disease, and attacks from the
9. a group of citizens acting as a military force.
10. Austin will charge settlers 12.5 CENTS an acre to cover the cost of building a
11. Leon helped to ease tensions between Native Americans and settlers by giving beef to them – he was nicknamed “CAPTAIN OF PLENTY COWS”
12. is to measure the boundaries of something such as land
14. first families brought to Texas were known as the
16. believed power should be concentrated in the national government
17. was the first Anglo American to gain permission to settle Texas.
18. were good character, hardworking, you had to become a Mexican Citizen and Catholic.
19. Because they had similar CLIMATE and FARMING conditions as Texas Austin will advertise mainly in.

1. Why they came –escape debt, appeal to a new adventure.
2. The STATE COLONIZATION LAW OF 1825 was passed in hopes of increasing the states
3. was a white person living in the United States who was not Hispanic.
6. was chosen by his father to carry out his Texas Venture after he died.
8. Under the State Colonization Law of 1825, foreigners such as settlers from the UNITED STATES were invited to immigrate to
11. The old 300 had troubles such as- homes, troubles with Native Americans, and disease. They were not easy times.
13. large administrative units, Texas had 3 of them.
15. someone who travels to unclaimed territory