Chapter 4

 
Texas as a part of Mexico

Tejanos

monarchists

Agustin I

Jared E. Groce

Joseph H. Hawkins

Imperial Colonization Law of 1/4/ 1823

sitio

San Felipe de Austin

centralists

federalists

constitution of 1824

Coahuilala-Texas colonization law

Empresario

Green DeWitt

Sterling C. Robertson

Joseph Vehlein

Power and Hewetson

Martin de Leon

Haden Edwards

Republic of Fredonia

Cherokees

ayuntamiento

 


 
 
 

    After Mexico was free from Spain, what type of governments did Mexico have over the next 15 years? Politically what did the centralist want? What did the federalist want? How did Stephen F. Austin and the empresarios fit into the political problems of Mexico? How did the Law of April 6, 1830 come about, that attempts to stop immigration from the United States to Texas.
 

Describe life in the Texas during the Mexican Period for the different ethnic groups.
 

Internet Assignment
 

Pick three sites form the Texas History home page. Write a one page review of what you found of interest in the different sites. You may follow links before you decide on sites.
 

Choose a person, a event, a group of people or a town and write a one page report about information you got off the Internet. You will need to limited yourself to material from chapters 1-6. Give the name of sites you found information at, the address would be great if it is not to hard to type. You may use the Texas History home page and search engines like HotBot www.hotbot.com , Excite www.excite.com , Alta Vista www.altavista.digital.com , and others.
 

You will need to type your paper.