Chapter 7, Student Web Activities, Texas and Texans, Glencoe, 2003

Chapter 7: Age of Empresarios
"The Diary of Thomas J. Pilgrim"

Introduction
Have you wondered what it would be like to travel to a new place and begin a life there?

Destination Title: DeWitt Colony Biographies

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Directions
Start at the Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas Web site.

Click on "People" on the menu tab.
Click on DeWitt Colonists O-Z
Click on Pilgrim and scroll down the page to the entry on Thomas Jefferson Pilgrim.

After you have read the information, answer the following questions.

1. When did Pilgrim set out on his journey to Texas?

2. Based on the biography, why might Pilgrim have wanted to move to Texas?

3. How did Native Americans assist Pilgrim and his group?

4. What did Pilgrim propose to establish and how did Stephen Austin view his proposal?

5. Click on the link for Elias R. Wightman and read the entry about him. Write a letter that Wightman might have sent to Pilgrim about their plans to travel to Texas and settle there.

Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Unit 9

Chapter 1
Chapter 2

Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6

Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11

Chapter 12
Chapter 13

Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16

Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19

Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23

Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27

Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30