February 9 2015 The Captured o Thesis and evidence o Big issues events characters o Experiences of the captured children o Treaties o Green 882 E Scantron o 10 questions multiple choice true false o Extra credit Piece of paper Prompt about a big issue Write between 3 5 sentences o Same Scantron o 50 questions true false multiple choice First Exam Captured Lectures Videos Bulletpoints The End of Spain s Authority in Texas Adams Onis Treaty 1819 o Boundary of Texas and Louisiana set Sabine River o U S gives up claim to Texas o Spanish gives up claim to Oregon o Spain cedes Florida to U S for 5 million to pay debts o Agreement between John Quincy Adams and Spanish leader Onis James Long o 1819 Leads about 300 followers into Texas claiming that it was U S territory by virtue of the Louisiana Purchase Take Nacogdoches Long is off to see pirate Jean Lafitte While he is gone the Spanish take back Nacogdoches Long returns the following year Another attempt to claim territory for the U S Captured by the Spanish forced and dies in Spanish captivity o He is shot Brought with him his wife and family Jane and Kian Long o Jane is called The Mother of Texas Pregnant Widowed Sets up home in Galveston Bay Bolivar Point Lives there with her female slave Kian Long o During the winter of 1821 they were living in tents and the tents even iced over o She gives birth to a daughter Mary o Had a cannon and would occasionally fire it off to drive away Indian attacks o Jane and Kian would fish and hunt for food Loved their dog because they fed it with their own food o Kian was freed after the Civil War Moses Austin 1820 o Lives in Louisiana o Has been ruined by the economic panic of 1819 o Hopes to restore his fortunes by going to Texas o Has a cunning plan Wishes to convince the Spanish authorities that populating Texas with American settlers who would become loyal citizens of Spain would help the Spanish to maintain their hold in Texas o Meets with Governor Antonio Martinez in San Antonio Martinez says he s not interested at all o Moses is a friend of Baron de Bastrop BdB s boss is Joaquin de Arredondo Baron is a very convincing man Convinces Arredondo that despite Spanish policy to keep the Anglos out thy will come anyway so why not have it in a controlled situation They can help protect Mexico and Texas from invasion Arredondo agrees o Moses Austin dies at this negotiating stage but the plan was continued by his son Stephen Austin Stephen F Austin Spain o It is agreed that Stephen could bring in 300 families who would become loyal citizens of They will get 200 000 acres of fertile land to settle o This vague proposal is becoming an agreement o Governor Martinez advises Stephen that Mexico has overthrown Spanish authority Agustin de Iturbide and Mexican Independence o Continued resistance to Spanish rule o Morelos died and his place was taken up by a mestizo named Vincente Guerrera Initially the Grito pitted the higher class versus the lower class The crucial group is going to be the criollos We see a shift of this group from supporting royalist Spain to supporting the revolution o Back in Spain in Europe there is continuing turmoil Army of the Three Guarantees o There is an agreement between Iturbide and Guerrero who create the Army of the o Agustin Iturbide Supports the resistance Shift of the criollos Three Guarantees The plan has three guarantees Independence o Mexican nation will be independent and will be a constitutional monarchy European prince o Crown of this new nation will be offered to an appropriate o Iturbide adds that if no suitable European could be persuaded to take the crown the Mexican Congress could choose its own emperor It would be Iturbide Religion Unity o There will be a Catholic monopoly o No caste o Peninsulares and criollos would be treated with social and judicial equality o Battles continued until the Treaty of Cordoba is signed on August 24 1821 A reassessment o Texas s place within the empire Low on the list of priorities Forgotten child of the empire Still a very strong Spanish legacy in Texas today o Primitive isolated sparsely settled outpost of the Spanish empire Spanish Texas Spain s Legacy in Texas Today Population o 4 000 Spanish living in Texas Culture vibrant in today s culture o Food o Language particularly in place names o Music o Religion o Dress o Art o Architecture Property rights for women community property laws o European say that during the marriage the husband and the wife were one and the husband was the one The wife would lose her legal recognition o However under Spanish laws it suggests that the husband and the wife share the gains of marriage equally Adoption o Spanish tradition o Unknown in English common law o Texas is the second state to legalize adoption in 1850 o Protect vital properties from the claims of creditors o Creditors cannot take your home in Texas o Follow Spanish water laws in Texas o State will hold on to tidal lands up to 10 4 miles from the shore o Spanish use lands to attract immigrants o Used throughout the 19th century in American rule too Homestead laws Submerged lands Land Slavery o Slavery was legal throughout the Spanish empire but the conditions in Texas did not facilitate its development o Slavery did not develop significantly in Texas during the Spanish period o Slavery will develop with the arrival of the Anglo Americans under Mexican rule Independent Mexico Texas and the first Mexican empire o Emperor Agustin Iturbide 1822 1823 No suitable European prince was found He is the emperor of Mexico for one year Loves pomp and ceremony Spends far too much money on celebrations and state ceremonies rather than trying to help the terrible economic plight of Mexico as a new nation Under Emperor Agustin political power is centralized The emperor has the most power o American colonization Steven Austin traveled to Mexico City to try and get an agreement for his colonization Negotiate and gain a law that the emperor will sign in 1823 for colonization o The Imperial Colonization Law 1823 Invitation to foreigners to settle in Texas Process to enable colonization will be controlled by an empresario o Empresarios were middlemen and land contractors o Would not receive cash or fees but would receive land bonuses for introducing the families o Give land grants but not titles to settling families Land grants If a person stated that he wanted to be a rancher he would receive a league of land If he stated that he wanted to be a farmer he
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