Week of Nov. 3rdTexas History – Mr. Locke’s class

Monday, Nov. 3

No class. Teacher service day

Tuesday, Nov. 4Bell Ringer:Class question – What is an empresario?

Add to your Unit 5 vocabulary list:Agriculture - preparing soils and raising crops or livestock

Militia - group of armed citizens who serve as soldiers in an emergency

Census - official counting of a population of a region

Tejano – a person of Mexican descent living in Texas

Stephen F. Austin and his colonyMore dates for your timeline:1820 – Moses Austin received approval to settle people in Texas1821 – Mexico won its independence from Spain; and Stephen F. Austin begins to fulfill his father’s plan1823-1825 National Colonization Laws: cheap land for settlers1824 – National Constitution of Mexico1825 State Colonization Law – continued the empresario system in Texas1825 – 1830 Empresario contracts continue

Read pages 118-121

Erasmo Seguin

Tejano rancher who represented Texas at the Mexican Constitutional convention. He also located land for the Austin colony and supported Texas independence.

Other Empresarios

With your partner, work on empresario worksheet.

This is due on Friday, before your Unit 5 test.

Wednesday, Nov. 5

Bell Ringer: Class discussion – Tell me about the empresario you found the most interesting.

Vocabulary to add to your list:Sitio - 4,428 acres of land

Speculators - person who buys a large piece of land then sells it in smaller pieces to make money

Empresario era in Texas History• Started the creation of Anglo settlements•Coahuila and Texas were combined into 1 state, but there

were political divisions and tensions between the two•Mexican officials wanted to settle areas closest to the United

States to discourage US interference in Mexico•One point of tension was slavery. Empresarios generally

supported bringing slaves from the southern US into Texas, while the Mexican government was opposed to it.

Read page 126

Create this Frayer Model in your Composition book

Empresario

Definition/Role Description Key Examples

Picture Characteristics

Review Sheet for Test

Work on Review sheet for Test. Like the empresario chart, I will collect this from you on Friday before the test.

You can also work on your Empresario chart.

Thursday, Nov 6.

Bell ringer:

Class discussion, what qualities do you think are important to have to be an empresario?

Class discussion of the Review sheet

Class will discuss the Unit 5 Review sheet to make sure everyone has accurate information to study for the test.

Workbook – Chapter 5

With a partner, work on Chapter 5 in the workbook. Take home to study for the test tomorrow.

Closure - Study for Unit 5 Test

1. Unit 5 Review sheet2. Empresario chart3. Unit 5 Timeline4. Unit 5 Notes5. Unit 5 Vocabulary List

Friday, Nov. 7

Unit 5 Test delayed to Monday

BELL RINGER – Why did Mexico setup the Empresario System?

High-level Overview – So Far• Only Native Americans live in Texas• Spanish Conquistadors explore Texas• Find no Gold• Discover that Native Americans can be hostile• THEREFORE – Spain has little interest in Texas

• 1685 La Salle arrives in Texas (by accident) and builds Ft. St. Louis• Spain is now concerned about the French intruding into Texas

• Spain creates the Mission-Presidio System to control Texas• Goal is to get Native Americans to become more “Spanish”• System fails since Indians don’t join in large numbers and many are still hostile

• Spain/Mexico creates the Empresario System to recruit settlers into Texas• Need a buffer zone between Mexico and the US• Most Mexicans don’t want to settle in Texas due to hostile Native Americans and

differences in geography• Empresarios focus mostly on recruiting settlers from US (who are to become Mexican)

Unit 5 Review

• Review Sheet• Empresario Chart• Workbook Chapter 5• Crossword Puzzle