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what were dogtrot cabins?
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log homes where 2 rooms were separated by an open passage.
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What were squatters?
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American settlers that came independently - they didn't hold a title to the land they settled on
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What was the official religion of Mexico but what was the preferred religion of Texans? How did the Mexican officials address the Texans preferred religion?
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Official-Catholic/ preferred-prodestant/ usually ignored prodestant activity
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What was buckskin clothing made from?
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deer hide
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how did early Texas settlers furnish their homes?
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with items they made themselves
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What are imports and exports?
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imports- items nations buy from other nations
exports- items nations sell to other nations |
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What was the phrase that meant someone disappeared?
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G.T.T (gone to Texas)
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Did free African Americans have more rights under U.S. of Mexican laws?
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Mexican Laws
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describe transportation by road or river in Texas.
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both were poor rivers were shallow and poor roads mainly trails
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Why did early Texas settlers have many skills?
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Because they had so many things to do so many things for themselves.
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What replaced buckskin clothing?
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clothing made from homespun cotton
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what was the main crop grown for profit? Did it require a lot of labor?
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cotton required a lot of labor
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How did many Texans feel about the Mexican Constitution of 1824? Why?
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It was supported by most Texans/ they approved of its federalist form of government which allowed for a good deal of local control
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how were the children in early Texas educated
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mostly educated at home or sometimes in one of the few boarding schools/ wealthy families could send their children to the U.S. for education
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describe the ways corn was important to settlers.
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corn was the most valuable agricultural product in the early days. it could be used for food, livestock feed, burned for fuel, and make other products that could be traveled
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How did Mexico feel about slavery? what did Texans do in regards to the slavery issue? Why were some slaveholders worried about moving to Texas? What happened between Mexico and Texas as more slaveholders moved to Texas.
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Mexico passed laws restricting slavery/U.S. and Texas ignored such restrictions/ They were worried that Mexico might make slavery.
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What was the most important food for Texas settlers?who taught the settlers and Tejanos how to use this food?
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corn/ American Indians
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What was Coachilla y Texas? Did most texas settlers like it? Why Why not? What captial of Coachilla y Texas?
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the uniting of Texas and Mexican province of Coachilla into one state/ most Texans disliked it because they feared not having enough local control/ Capital-Saltillo
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What is a plantation? what was the main labor source on plantations?what was usually grown on plantations?
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large farm that specialized in growing one kind of crop/ African American slaves.
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Why did so many people come to Texas?
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to escape their debts and because U.S. authorities couldn't pursue criminals into Texas.
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Groups of women who sewed quilts where known as what? Why did they sew quilts?
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Quilting bees/ because they like to socialize and because they rarely obtain new fabric
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What was the local government in Texas like under Mexican rule?
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local government in Texas became a mixture of US and Mexican practices.
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Why did Tejanos want US citizens to come to Texas?
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to boost the population and to help protect American Indians.
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How was the president of Mexico elected under the Constitution of 1824?
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He was elected by lawmakers
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Define Federalism.
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a system of government in which power is distributed between central authority and individual states
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