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Midterm Flashcards

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Tehotihuacan

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One of oldest precolonial cities

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Tenochtitlan

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Most important city in precolonial Mexico (today Mexico City)

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Cahokia

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Pre-colombian native american (Caddoan) city in Missourri (MOUNDS)

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Chaco Canyon

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Cliff dwelling people built sun calendar, figured out the cycles of the moon, and built a ceremonial city

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Reconquista (1492)

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Effort by Spanish to retake Spain from the moors

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New Spain

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(Mexico) Established by Hernan Cortez

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How did Cortez beat the Aztecs?

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Allied with tribal enemies

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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

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Wrote account of his travels through America (became a sensation)
- Accidentally landed in Florida, went by land all the way to Texas for 8 yrs

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Hernando De Soto

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Looked for treasure (inspired by Cabeza de Vaca)

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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

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Looked for treasure in Texas, found nothing -> led to Tx being ignored for 100 yrs

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Juan de Onate

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  • Founded Santa Fe
  • Killed, enslaved indians
  • Started Pueblo-Presidio system
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Pueblo Revolt

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Pueblo Indians had enough of Pueblo-Presidio system in Santa Fe (Killed Spaniards, drove them out)

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13
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Techas means

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friend

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French La Salle Expeditions

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3 Trips around Mississippi river, met Caddo Indians, French set up missions

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Sanctuary Decree

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King of Spain declared any escaped slave from Charlestown would be set free

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San Agustin & Charlestown

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Border forms between Spanish and English towns -> rising tensions

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Deepest natural port

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Pensacola

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Los Adaes

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Spanish town across border of French in Natchitoches

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San Antonio de Bexar

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Fort

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San Antonio de Valero

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Mission

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Comanches were known for being

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masters of horseback

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La Bahia

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Spanish fort in Goliad

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Sistema de Castas

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Caste system based on background (not so much race), allowed for levels of citizenship

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French & Indian War

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International War where French lost and withdrew from N.A, forming new borders

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Toussant L’Ouverture

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Haitian revolutionary, made US, Spain, scared

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Miguel Hidalgo

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Wanted reform, led troops into Guanajuato, captured, killed

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Juan Bautista de las Casas

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Led revolt in San Antonio

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Treaty of Cordoba

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Mexican independence after Spain surrenders

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Battle of Medina

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Battle to declare Mx, later Tx, independence from spain (bloodiest battle in Tx history)

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James Long

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Marched to Nacogdoches to declare Texan Independence but was later captured at la Bahia

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Adams Onis Treaty

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Sold Florida to US, defined US v Spanish border

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Moses Austin

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Saw real estate opportunity in bringing American settlement into Tx

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Baron de Bastrop

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Multilingual mayor of San Antonio who met with Moses Austin and struck a deal

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Missouri Compromise of 1820

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Drew line West to define how new states would enter the Union

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Stephen F Austin

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Moses’ son who continued negotiations (this time with Mexico) to move Anglos into Texas (Austin’s Colony)

36
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Slavery in Mexico in 1800s

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Each state had own interpretation, but let Anglos bring own slaves

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Natchez Trace

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Dirt path people used to get to Texas from Tennessee

38
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Mexican Constitution of 1824

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Focused on State Power over Federal, Slavery remained ambiguous

39
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Republic of Fredonia

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Founded by Hayden Edwards when his son in law lost election in Nacogdoches

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Tejano

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Mexicans in Tx

41
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Texian

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Anglos in TX

42
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Coahuila Tejas

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Single Mexican state where question of slavery got heated

43
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Coahuila crackdown on slavery

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Declared any child born to a slave would be free

44
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Tx slaveholders response to Coahuila crackdown

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Declared slaves indentured servants for 99 yrs

45
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Spanish attempt to retake Mx

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Defeated by Santa Anna

46
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Anastasio Bustamante

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President of Mx pushed for fed govt power and made slavery illegal

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Santa Anna

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Mexican leader who believed in State power, overthrew Bustamante, repealed slavery law

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Santa Anna change of mind

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became a federalist once in power, removed legislature

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Mx State Rebellions

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State rebellions across Mx in response to Santa Anna seize of power (squashed by army)

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Will Travis

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Led Texans to Anahuac to force Mx to stop collecting customs tax

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First Texan meeting of action

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Washington on the Brazos

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Mexican army at Alamo largely untrained except

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Cavalry

53
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Martin Perfecto de Cos

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Lost San Antonio to Texans

54
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Alamo siege lasted

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13 days

55
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Runaway scrape

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Exhaust Mexican army through retreat

56
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Battle of San Jacinto

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Sam Houston attacks Santa Anna w/ overwhelming victory

57
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Armistice

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Forced agreement that Santa Anna signed to leave Texas

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Treaties of Velasco

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Public: hostilities would end, remove troops, restore property (slaves)

Private: S.A. pledged to use influence to recognize TX

Broken by both sides

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Zacatecas Revolt

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First attempt to centralize affairs of states against govt of Santa Anna

60
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Houston good friends with

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President Jackson

61
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__ % of Texans voted to join US, even though they weren’t admitted immediately

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97

62
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Republic of Texas lasted

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9 yrs

63
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President Mirabeau Lamar

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2nd President

64
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Second Seminole War

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Florida: Seminoles angry after Indian Removal Act

65
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Lamar and Houston relationship

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Political enemies

66
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___ pursued Indian extermination

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Mirabeau Lamar

67
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Lamar changed capital from

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Houston to Waterloo (Austin)

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Santa Fe Expedition

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Texas sends people to Santa Fe to see if citizens want to attack Mexico, botched, arrested, captured

69
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Mier Expedition

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Houston orders militia to pursue Mexicans after they invaded. Leads to a defeat

70
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How does Houston play US to trick into getting annexed

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Played up alliance w Britain

71
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___ said annexation of Tx was essential to preserve slavery

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John C Calhoun

72
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Wilmot Proviso

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American law to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico

73
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Manumission

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Gradually free slaves, but don’t include in “white society”

74
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William Garrisson

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abolitionist who opposed Texas admission

75
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Andrew Jackson was a

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Democrat

76
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Whigs were ___ slavery

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against

77
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Whigs became the

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Free Soil Party

78
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Anson Jones

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“Architect of annexation”

79
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Before Annexation, John O. Sullivan urged to admit Texas through

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Manifest Destiny

80
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General Scott

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Landed in Veracruz, marched troops to DF

81
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Cause of US Mexican War

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US wanted North of Mexico

82
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Free Soil Party became

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Republican Party

83
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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Huge MX secession

84
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Gadsden Purchase

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US bought Arizona/New Mexico land from Mexico

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