unit 5 Flashcards
(14 cards)
Rubi’s Report
Marqués de Rubí On this day in 1768 filed an official report in Mexico City on Spain’s frontier presidios.
founding of nacogdoches
In 1779 the Nacogdoches was founded in 1779 by Don Antonio Gil Y’Barbo.
Louisiana purchese
In 1803 the nation doubled in size, adding territory that would become the states of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and parts of Minnesota, New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.
Neutral ground
a disputed swath of territory lying between Spanish Texas and the newly American territory of Louisiana. In October 1806
adams-onis treaty.
In 1819 The Adams-Onís Treaty, named for Adams and the Spanish ambassador, Luís de Onís, made the cession of Florida official while also setting the boundary between the United States and Mexico at the Sabine River
Grito De Delores
CCVIII Anniversary of the Cry of Independence of Mexico…
The “Grito de Dolores” was the call to uprising launched by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in the early morning of September 16, 1810, in the town of Dolores, Guanajuato, which marked the beginning of the War of Independence of our country.
Gutierrez-magee expedition
The Gutiérrez-Magee or Magee-Gutiérrez expedition of 1812–13 was an early filibustering expedition against Spanish Texas. The expedition took place against the background of growing unrest in Mexico against Spanish rule.
Battle of medina
In 1813 After a furious four-hour battle involving infantry, cavalry, and artillery, the republicans broke ranks and ran. Most of those not killed on the battlefield were caught and executed during the retreat. The republicans were decimated
Plan de iguala
The Plan of Iguala established three central principles for the nascent Mexican state: the primacy of Roman Catholicism, the absolute political independence of Mexico, and full social equality for all social and ethnic groups in the new country.
Treaty of cordoba
The Treaty of Córdoba established Mexican independence from Spain at the conclusion of the Mexican War of Independence. It was signed on August 24, 1821 in Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexico
Moses Austin
Moses Austin, founder of the American lead industry and the first man to obtain permission to bring Anglo-American settlers into Spanish Texas
Stephen F Austin colony
The main area of Austin’s Colony was located in southeast Texas within an area bounded by the Lavaca and San Jacinto rivers, the San Antonio Road, and the coast
The constitution of 1824
The constitution of 1824 set a number of democratic goals and provided for a federal republic, consisting of 19 states, four territories, and the Mexico City federal district
state colonisation law of 1825
On this date in 1825, the Mexican legislature passed the State Colonization Law, providing incentives for Anglo colonists to settle Texas and Coahuila
