• People who wanted to abolish slavery

• Term of office

Sam HoustonDavid Burnet Mirabeau Lamar Dr. Anson Jones

PRESIDENTS OF TEXAS

• Addition that changes a part of a constitution

13th Amendment 14th Amendment15th Amendment

First Ten AmendmentsAre Called The Bill Of Rights

• The process of a territory or country being added to another country

Texas Annexed to the United States in 1845.This leads to one cause of the Mexican War.

• Budget in which revenue is equal to expenditures

President Mirabeau Lamarspent more money as president of Texas than he brought in.

• Composed of two houses or chambers

House of Representatives Senate

• Group of advisers

• Given over

Spain ceded Florida to theUnited States in the Adams-Onis treaty of 1819.Spain received all rights to Texas.

• Rights of citizenship belonging to all citizens

• Settlers of a new country that are governed by their home country

Stephen F. Austin brought the first settlers from the United States to live in Texas underthe Mexican flag. They were known as the Old Three Hundred.

• Agreement in which each side gives up something it wants in order to reach a settlement

Henry ClayCompromise of 1850

The United States pays Texas ten millionfor giving up land to New Mexico.Texas receives their western boundary.

• Spanish soldiers who led the invasion and exploration of the Americas in the 1500’s

Hernando Cortes conquers the Aztecs.Spain now has their land in North Americacalled New Spain. The capitol is Mexico City.

• Written plan of government

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The United States first constitutionWas called the Articles of Confederation.This plan of government gave more power to the states than to the Central Government.

Texas Constitutions

• Products for personal use, such as automobiles, refrigerators, and radios

• The earth’s seven major landmasses

North AmericaSouth AmericaEuropeAsiaAfricaAustraliaAntarctica

• Nations of the world, divisions of continents

SpainFranceMexicoRepublicUnited StatesConfederate

• Ways of life, marked by distinct customs and traditions

PlainsSoutheasternWestern GulfPueblo

• Government whose leaders and lawmakers are elected by the people

• Persons who represent a country in foreign affairs

• Severe slowdown in the economy

Moses Austin

Moses Austin lost his money in the Financial panic of 1819. He decided to becomean empresario. He died of pneumonia so his sonStephen carried out his dream of settling Texas.

• Freeing, usually of enslaved peoples

General Gordon Granger

June 19th 1865 General Grangerlanded at Galveston and issued aproclamation freeing the slaves in Texas.

• Natural surroundings

Your environment can affect youeconomically, physically, politically,Socially, and culturally.

• Branch of government that carries out the laws and is headed by the president or governor

• Group of people who share a viewpoint on an issue

At the consultation or convention the War faction headed by Stephen Austinwanted to declare independence from Mexico. The Peace faction headed by Sam Houston wanted to stay part of Mexico but remove the dictator Santa Anna.

• Government of the United States

The United States governmentIs made up of three branches.They are the Executive, Judicial, And Legislative branch.

• Dealings with other countries

• Person who come to a country to settle

Stephen F. Austin

Stephen Austin is called the Father of Texasfor bringing the first settlers from the United Statesto live in Texas under Mexican rule. He chose thearea between the Brazos and Colorado for his settlement.

• Group of people organized to promote and defend common interest and goals of it’s members

• Branch of government that is the court system

• Branch of government that makes the laws

House of Representatives Senate

• A large enough share of a business or industry to control prices

• The vegetation, wildlife, water, minerals, and soil of a place

• Not belonging to either side in a dispute

• Organized groups representing people with similar views about government

DemocratsWhigsKnow-NothingAmericanRepublican

• Period of time when no written records of human experience were kept

PaleoArchaicFormative or Neo American

• Process of bringing the Confederate states back into the United States after the Civil War

The Union defeated the elevenConfederate states in the AmericanCivil War. A Civil War is a war in whicha country fights against themselves

• Overthrow of a government

1. Economic

2. Political

3. Physical

4. Cultural

The Treaty of Velasco signed at the end of theTexas revolution created the Republic of Texas.Texas would be a country from 1836-1845.

• Geographic area that is somehow different from others near it

Mountains and BasinsGreat PlainsNorth Central PlainsGulf Coastal Plains

• Form of government in which voters elect representatives to carry out the wishes of the majority

1836-1845

• View that if a state did not agree with a federal law, it could choose not to obey or enforce it

• people who wanted to abolish slavery

• term of office • addition that changes a

part of a constitution • the process of a territory

or country being added to another country

• budget in which revenue is equal to expenditures

• composed of two houses or chambers

• group of advisers • given over • rights of citizenship

belonging to all citizens • settlers of a new country

that is governed by their home country

• agreement in which each side gives up something it wants in order to reach a settlement

• Spanish soldiers who led the invasion and exploration of the Americas in the 1500s

• written plan of government • products for personal use,

such as automobiles, refrigerators, and radios

• the earth’s seven major landmasses

• nations of the world, divisions of continents

• ways of life marked by distinct customs and traditions

• government whose leaders and lawmakers are elected by the people

• person who represents a country in foreign affairs

• severe slowdown in the economy

• freeing, usually of enslaved peoples

• natural surroundings • branch of government

that carries out the laws and is headed by the president or governor

• group of people who share a viewpoint on an issue

• government of the United States

• dealings with other countries

• persons who come into a country to settle

• group of people organized to promote and defend common interests and goals of its members

• branch of government that is the court system

• branch of government that makes the laws

• a large enough share of a business or industry to control prices

• the vegetation, wildlife, water, minerals, and soil of a place

• not belonging to either side in a dispute

• organized groups representing people with similar views about government

• period of time when no written records of human experiences were kept

• process of bringing the Confederate states back into the United States after the Civil War

• overthrow of a government • geographic area that is

somehow different from others near it

• form of government in which voters elect representatives to carry out the wishes of the majority

• view that if a state did not agree with a federal law , it could choose not to obey or enforce it