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Chapter 5 Homework Read Chapter Do the Section questions Recall, Comprehension

Chapter 5 Homework Read Chapter Do the Section questions Recall, Comprehension. Warm up - Write Questions and response in your notes! How did the end of Spanish rule affect Texas?. Department Sitio Speculator Militia Partnership. Empressario Census Title Agriculture. Vocabulary.

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Chapter 5 Homework Read Chapter Do the Section questions Recall, Comprehension

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  1. Chapter 5Homework Read ChapterDo the Section questionsRecall, Comprehension Warm up - Write Questions and response in your notes! How did the end of Spanish rule affect Texas?

  2. Department Sitio Speculator Militia Partnership Empressario Census Title Agriculture Vocabulary

  3. In your Ch 5 spiral notes • Define: • Empresario • Title • Explain the significance of • Sieur di La Selle • Pecan Point • Colonization Laws

  4. In your Ch 5 spiral notes • What restrictions did the Mexican Congress put on state colonization? • Why did few Mexicans live in Texas in the early 1800? • What attracted the colonist from the US to Texas?

  5. In your Ch 5 spiral notes • In what three ways was the Colonization Law of 1824 different from the Colonization Law of 1823? • What problems prevented Mexico from colonizing with its own people? • Why did Mexico use the Empresario System?

  6. Ch 5 • During the 1700s, few settlers lived in Texas. There was conflict with Native Americans. As a result, Mexicans did not want to live there.In the early 1800s, more Mexicans moved to South Texas.

  7. Ch 5, 1 continued • They started cattle ranches on its grasslands. At the same time, a handful of Americans moved into East Texas. They built farms. Still, by 1820 only a few thousand settlers lived in Texas. About 30,000 Native Americans lived there.

  8. Ch 5, 1 continued • In 1821, Mexico became independent. Texas was a part of the new country. The new government worried that the United States would try to take Texas. • Mexican leaders made two new laws to invite settlers. The laws relied on people called empresarios, or contractors.

  9. Ch 5, 1 continued • The empresarios were supposed to put together business deals to settle the land. Each one promised to bring in a number of settlers within a few years. • The government gave the settlers title to the land. Title is the legal right to own property. Any Americans who settled would become citizens of Mexico.

  10. Ch 5, 1 continued • Under this plan, everyone won. Mexico gained more settlers in Texas. The empresarios could make money by selling the land. • They also received land for their own use. Settlers got land at low prices. They also enjoyed low tax rates for six years.

  11. Cause Conflict with Native Americans Mexico wins _________ Mexican leaders worry that the U.S. will try to take TX _____________ laws of 1823 and 1824 Effect Few Mexicans in Texas Texas is governed by ____________ . Attempts to bring more settlers to the area Empresarios used to bring settlers to _________ Copy and complete in your spiral

  12. Respond in your spiral • Why did Mexico want to settle Texas with Mexican citizens? • How did Mexico invite people to settle in Texas? Be able to discuss: How the empresarios benefit from bringing settlers to Texas?

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