Texas History Final Exam Review – Flashcards
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Exploration Era
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1492- Columbus
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Missions era
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1682 - Corpus Christi de Ysleta established
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colonization era
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1821- Austin's Empresario agreement
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Revolution era
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1821- Mexican Independence
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Revolution Era
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1836- Texas Independence
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sedentary
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natives that build adobe homes/ don't move
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nomadic
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natives that hunt and gather/ tipi homes
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pueblos
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large native homes made of adobe
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Coastal plains
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south Texas, Dallas, Houston, Galveston, plains, humid, and piney woods
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North central plains
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Flat plains and grasslands, dry, Fort Worth. The Caprock Escarpment is the western border and the red river is the northern border. Crops are wheat and cotton. Cities are Ft. Worth, Wichita Falls, Abilene, Denton.
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Great plains
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Flat plains and grasslands, dry. The northern part is the high plains and the Palo Duro Canyon is a key feature. The Edwards Plateau lies to the south and the southern border is the Balcones Escarpment. Cities are Amarillo, Lubbock, Odessa, Midland.
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Mountain and Basins
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Mountainous with valleys, dry. Cities are El Paso and Presidio
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nomadic tribes
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coahuiteacan, kararnkawa, commanche
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Sedentary tribes
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caddo, jumano, tigua
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3 motivations for Spanish exploration
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Religion,fame, wealth
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reasons the Spanish defeated the Indians
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disease, horses, weapons
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Cortes
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1519-conquered the Aztecs
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Pineda
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1519- Mapped the coast of Texas
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Cabeza de Vaca
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1528-1536-First European to live among several Native American tribes in Texas. He also, traveled through parts of Texas and was able to identify key geographical features of Texas. His book about Cibola caused the Spanish to send Coronado on his expedition in 1540.
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Coronado
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1540-Explored the southwest part of the U.S. He was looking for Cibola, never found it. Did see the Grand Canyon. Spanish stopped sending explorers after he was unable to find gold in their northern territory
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La Salle
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Claimed the Mississippi Valley for France, as French moved into East Texas it reignited Spain's interest in East Texas, his ship, the La Belle was sunk off coast.
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Presidio
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A fort built to protect a spanish mission
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Epidemic
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A widespread occurrence of infectious disease
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Problems of Presidios
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Outnumbered by the Native Americans Soldiers not well paid Poor relations between friars and soldiers
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The "Old Three Hundred"
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The first 300 anglo families to come to Texas by Empresarios. Brought by Stephen F. Austin
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Constitution of 1824
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Allowed states of Mexico to decide on immigration policy. Was more of a Federalist document which encouraged immigration from the U.S., especially Texas.
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Turtle Bayou Resolution
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the first organized protest against Mexico
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Law of April 6
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Outlawed Slavery Outlawed further immigration from the U.S. Placed import tax on goods coming from U.S. to Texas
