Texas Revolution, also called War of Texas Independence, war fought from October 1835 to April 1836 between Mexico and Texas colonists that resulted in Texas’s independence from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas (1836–45).
Q. What was the result of the battle of San Jacinto in 1836?
Led by General Samuel Houston, the Texan Army engaged and defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna’s Mexican army in a fight that lasted just 18 minutes….Battle of San Jacinto.
Table of Contents
- Q. What was the result of the battle of San Jacinto in 1836?
- Q. What was the significance of the Battle of San Jacinto?
- Q. Who was the 2nd most successful empresario?
- Q. Where were the most successful empresario settlements located?
- Q. What did Empresarios give people?
- Q. Who established the most successful empresario colony?
- Q. Why was Austin’s colony seen as the most successful?
- Q. Why did Martin de Leon settle in Texas?
- Q. What was the capital of Deleon’s Colony?
- Q. Where did Martin Deleon settle in Texas?
- Q. How many families did Martin de Leon bring to live in his colony?
- Q. What was the root of conflict between Green DeWitt and Martin de Leon?
- Q. Why did Green DeWitt and his wife sell property to the US?
- Q. Who was green DeWitt Why was his colony not very successful?
- Q. How many people did Green DeWitt settle?
- Q. Did DeWitt make money with his colony?
- Q. How did the Law of April 6 1830 affect Green DeWitt’s colony?
- Q. Who brought 400 families to Texas?
- Q. Did the old 300 have slaves?
- Q. Where did most of the old 300 come from?
- Q. When did Texas get the old 300?
| Date | April 21, 1836 |
|---|---|
| Result | Texian victory; President of Mexico captured Mexican surrender and retreat to the south of the Rio Grande |
Q. What was the significance of the Battle of San Jacinto?
The victory at San Jacinto gave Texas its independence from Mexico and opened the door for the continued westward expansion of the United States. The United States annexed Texas in 1845, which led directly to the Mexican-American War.
Q. Who was the 2nd most successful empresario?
Stephen Austin was the only empresario in Texas. The 2nd most successful empresario settled north of Martin de Leon.
Q. Where were the most successful empresario settlements located?
Austin
Q. What did Empresarios give people?
Large grants of land could be given to agents, called empresarios, on which to settle immigrants. The empresario was to be rewarded by additional land grants if he brought into Texas more than one hundred families. Austin took on three additional contracts to settle American immigrants in Texas .
Q. Who established the most successful empresario colony?
Stephen F. Austin
Q. Why was Austin’s colony seen as the most successful?
Why was Stephen Austin’s colony so successful? -By 1825, Austin had issued 297 land grants. -Each family received 177 very inexpensive acres of farmland or 4,428 acres for stock grazing, as well as a 10-year exemption from paying taxes.
Q. Why did Martin de Leon settle in Texas?
When Mexico began issuing empresario contracts to attract settlers, De León saw an opportunity to ensure that his children could establish ranches of their own. In 1824, he founded a colony centered on the new city of Victoria.
Q. What was the capital of Deleon’s Colony?
Calle de los Diez Amigos
Q. Where did Martin Deleon settle in Texas?
Cruillas
Q. How many families did Martin de Leon bring to live in his colony?
De León was to receive five leagues (22,140-acres) upon the settlement of the forty-one families.
Q. What was the root of conflict between Green DeWitt and Martin de Leon?
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In what way was Martin De leon unique in carparison to the other empresarios? | He was the only Mexican Empersario |
| What was the root of the conflict between Green Dewitt and Martin de leon? | Land rights |
| As an American empresario, Green DeWitt was able to? | Establish a colony near what is present-day Gonzales |
Q. Why did Green DeWitt and his wife sell property to the US?
DeWitt’s wife, Sarah Seely DeWitt, sold her property in Missouri to help fund her husband’s colonization efforts. DeWitt had the colony’s land surveyed by James Kerr; recruited settlers in Missouri; and moved his own family to the area in 1826.
Q. Who was green DeWitt Why was his colony not very successful?
Because he had been unable to meet the terms of the contract, unassigned lands in his colony reverted to the Mexican government, and DeWitt was unable to get a further contract. By 1831 the colony was becoming more successful, but DeWitt’s finances were depleted.
Q. How many people did Green DeWitt settle?
400 families
Q. Did DeWitt make money with his colony?
He did allow temporary settlement there until enough colonists gathered to ensure the safety of Gonzales, however. In addition to his own finances, DeWitt used the profit from the sale of his wife’s property in Missouri in the colonization scheme.
Q. How did the Law of April 6 1830 affect Green DeWitt’s colony?
The Law of April 6, 1830, was designed to stop the flood of immigration from the United States to Texas. The law slowed down immigration, voided contracts that had been awarded but not yet fulfilled, and stopped two active enterprises.
Q. Who brought 400 families to Texas?
Green was one of the most successful empresarios (next to Austin). He brought 400 families to Texas along with issuing 166 land grants in 1825.
Q. Did the old 300 have slaves?
One of the colonists, Jared E. Groce, who arrived from Georgia in January 1822, had ninety slaves. Though not all of the original grantees survived or prospered, Austin’s Old Three Hundred, as historian T. R.
Q. Where did most of the old 300 come from?
The title Old 300 refers to the settlers who received land grants as part of Stephen F. Austin’s first colonial contract in Mexican Texas. These families had come from the Trans-Appalachian South and were virtually all of British ancestry, many of whom already had substantial means before their arrival.
Q. When did Texas get the old 300?
1824
