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(7.2) History. The student understands how individuals, events, and issues prior the Texas Revolution shaped the history of Texas.

The student is expected to:	*Related Handbook of Texas Online* articles:**
A: compare the cultures of Native Americans in Texas prior to European colonization;	Prehistory Big-Game Hunters Hunter-Gatherer Midland Minnie Early Farmers Indians (an overview essay) Indian Relations Apache Indians Atakapa Indians Alabama-Coushatta Indians Caddos Hasinai Indians Caddoan Mounds State Historic Site Cherokee Indians Cherokee War Coahuiltecan Indians Comanche Indians Jumano Indians Karankawa Indians Pueblo Indians Tigua Indians Tonkawa Indians
B: identify important individuals, events, and issues related to European exploration and colonization of Texas, including the establishment of Catholic missions;	Exploration Spanish Texas (extract) Álvarez de Pineda, Alonso Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar Núñez Seven Cities of Cibola Vázquez de Coronado, Francisco Coronado Expedition La Salle, René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle Expedition Fort St. Louis Also see related articles: Barbier, Gabriel Minime, Sieur Membré, Zénobe Llanos-Cárdenas Expedition Lavaca Bay Narváez, Pánfilo de Niza, Marcos de Estevanico (Esteban) Oñate, Juan de Spanish Mapping of Texas Catholic Church Some early Spanish missions: Spanish Missions Corpus Christi de la Ysleta Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches Mission San Antonio Missions Nuestra Señora del Refugio Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña Mission Mission Architecture Presidios
C: identify the contributions of significant individuals including Moses Austin, Stephen F.Austin, and Juan Seguín during the colonization of Texas;	Empresario SEARCH TIP: type into the search box: #uw10(emprasario any county or city) for information about the background of an area, and for why and how communities were established. Does not work for every location. Land Grants (extract) Mexican Colonization Laws (extract) Anglo-American Colonization Austin, Moses Austin, Stephen Fuller See Cotton Ginning and Wool and Mohair for economic motivation for colonization San Felipe de Austin, Texas unofficial capital of Stephen F. Austin's colony See article on Slavery as related to Austin's Colony Juan N. Seguín Hayden Edwards General Mier y Terán
D: identify the impact of the Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824 on events in Texas;	Constitution of 1824 Constitution of Coahuila and Texas Saltillo, Coahila, Mexico Texas Citizens referred to as Tejanos
E: trace the development of events that led to the Texas Revolution, including the Law of April 6, 1830, the Turtle Bayou Resolutions, and the arrest of Stephen F. Austin; and	Law of April 6, 1830 Turtle Bayou Resolutions For S. F. Austin's arrest, see Austin, Stephen Fuller Declaration of November 7, 1835
F: contrast Spanish and Anglo purposes for and methods of settlement in Texas.	Anglo-American Colonization Spanish Missions Presidios

Created by Michel Hinton, Hogg Middle School, Houston ISD, April 2002.

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