What you already know:
• The Spanish tried to control Texas by building missions, presidios, and small towns
• When the French were no longer a threat, Spain lost interest in Texas
• This led to Spain facing new threats to its control of Texas and the rest of Mexico
Image: Fehrenbach, T. R. Dr. Stanley Siegel, & David Crowley. LoneStar. Glenview: Prentice Hall, 2003.p 91.
Image: Fehrenbach, T. R. Dr. Stanley Siegel, & David Crowley. LoneStar. Glenview: Prentice Hall, 2003. p 83.
• People who began entering Texas from the United States
• Comes from the Spanish word filibusteros which means freebooters or adventurers
• Wanted Texas to become a separate country or a part of the United States
• Looked for adventure or easy wealth
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Jean Laffitte www.texas.discodesigns.com/texas/long/index.shtml
Jane Long
www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/filibusters.htm
Phil Nolan
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Father Miguel Hidalgo
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Dr. James Long
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Henry Perry
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Louis St.Denis
Antonio Gil Ybarbo
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Marguis de Rubi
Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara
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Augustus Magee
Willoughby, Larry. Texas. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and
Winston, 2003, p 139
Willoughby, Larry. Texas Our Texas. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1993. p161
Willoughby, Larry. Texas. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003. p
135
Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara• Traveled to the United States to raise
money and support Father Hidalgo’s rebellion for Mexican independence
• Secretly supported by the United States• Introduced to U. S. officer, Augustus
William Magee• Together they gathered 130 volunteers to
form the Republican Army of the North
Augustus Magee• Former lieutenant in the United States Army• Passed over for a promotion , resigned and
joined Gutierrez as Colonel• Helped carry on the rebellion of Father
Hidalgo• Helped take over Nacogdoches and marched
to La Bahia• Died during the winter probably from disease
Margues de Rubi• Set out to check northern areas of New Spain and
found:– Louisiana Purchase made Texas an outer part of New
Spain– Spain had neither the wealth nor the power to defend
its missions– Suggested all missions in Texas be abandoned
except San Antonio and La Bahia– Spain form working relations with Comanches– Spanish settlers in East Texas should move closer to
San Antonio for protection from other Indian tribes
Antonio Gil Ybarbo
• Pleaded for permission to lead homesick settlers to San Antonio
• Help build the town of Nacogdoches near an old mission site
Image: Willoughby, Larry. Texas Our Texas. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1993. p155
Philip Nolan
• Mustang trader for the Spanish government• Sold many wild horses or mustangs to the United
States• Suspected of being a spy working for General
Wilkinson• Warned not to return to Spanish land• Ignored warning and returned with 100 soldiers• Fought and was killed
Image: Willoughby, Larry. Texas. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003, p139
Father Miguel Hidalgo
• Priest who led a rebellion for independence for Spain
• Wanted to set up a new government• Was executed• His followers were defeated by the
Spanish
Louis St. Denis
• Experienced explorer sent to find Father Hidalgo
• Built a trading post that grew into the town of Natchitoches, Louisiana
• Traveled to a Spanish mission along the Rio Grande to trade goods
• Arrested by Spanish commander• Enjoyed his stay and later married the
Commanders step-granddaughter
Jane Long
• Married to Dr. James Long• Left with 6 year old daughter and 12 year old
black servant at Fort near Galveston• Soldiers vacated Fort and left Jane to fend for
herself during the winter• Believed to be the mother of the first white child
born in Texas• Called the “Mother of Texas”
• Fought off Karankawa Indians by firing Forts canon
Dr. James Long
• Believed Texas should be either independent or part of the United States
• Organized an army to invade Texas and captured Nacogdoches
• Traveled to Galveston to get Lafitte’s support• Forced out of Texas but later marched to La
Bahia• Spanish forces attached and Long was forced to
surrender• Shot and died while waiting trial
Jean Laffitte
• Had been a pirate and smuggler in Louisiana
• Raided Spanish ships in the Gulf• Claimed to be fighting for Mexican
independence• Was probably more interested in Spanish
treasure• Forced to leave the Gulf• Continue to raid ships until his death
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