Ch 3 Texas Flashcards
(18 cards)
On September 16, 1810 Father Miguel Hidalgo issued from his pulpit a cry or grito for the end of Spanish rule in Mexico
Mexican War of Independence
armies of indigenous and racially mixed revolutionaries fought against the Spanish royalists
Grito de Delores
signed on August 21, 1824. Granted Mexico Independence from Spain
Treaty of Cordoba
marks the day of the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla
Cinco de Mayo
promoting education and freedom of press
unicameral legislature
Texas 1st constitution
Constitution of Coahuila y Tejas 1827
captured the fort and seized control of San Antonio
Battle of the Alamo
Houston’s retreat pressed further toward the Sabine River and as Texans fled toward Galveston and Louisiana
Runaway Scrape
Sam Houston had gathered some 900 Texan soldiers and again met up with Santa Anna’s troops on April 21, 1836
Battle of San Jacinto
Yellow Rose of Texas an orphan who came to Texas from NY in 1835 with Colonel and Mrs. James Morgan
Emily West
AKA the constitution of the Republic of Tx, was the 1st Anglo American constitution to govern the state
Constitution of 1836
legislators into 2 separate assemblies, chambers, or houses
bicameral legislature
1798-1860, a widowed boardinghouse owner in Austin, won in the Archives War of 1842
Angelina Belle Eberly
contained important features such as bicameral legislature, a government and lieutenant government and a supreme court composed of 3 judges
Constitution of 1845
resulted in the U.S gaining not only Tx but also northern parts of MX that would later become part of AZ and NM
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
cotton was king in the Gulf Coastal Plains of East Tx and slavery had become a vital institution to the economy of that part of state
Texas geography
TX joined the Confederacy, similar to the Constitution of 1845
Constitution of 1861
Reconstruction Constitution, explains the complicated system of state government we have today in Tx passed by the US Congress
bicameral legislature
