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Grade 7
Social Studies
Unit: 05 Lesson: 01
Methods of Settlement in Texas
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Categories
Spanish Settlement in Texas
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Purpose
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Method
Gold, silver, and resources
Lay claim to Texas against
France and the United States
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Increase population in northern
Mexico
Economic opportunities – ranches
and small businesses
Spread Mexican culture, language,
Roman Catholic faith
Anglo Settlement in Texas
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Escape debt
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New start for colonists
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Increase population in Texas
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Economic opportunities – large
farms to grow cash crops;
small businesses
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Opportunity to own land
Spread Spanish culture
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Colonization
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Empresario Grants
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Empresario Grants
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Resettlement of Spanish
colonists (ex. Canary Islanders)
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Supporting towns already in the
area
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Settled in northern Mexico
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National Colonization Law
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A government similar to the
U.S. government
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Live as Americans in Mexico
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Secure Spanish control in the
New World
Mexican Settlement in Texas
Missions, presidios, and
settlement
Establish settlements in northern
Mexico
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A constitutional republic
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Encouraged Mexicans to move to
and settle northern Mexico
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Spread culture
Spanish culture
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