Empresario System and Texas Empresarios

Front

Which Empresario negotiated a contract to bring Anglo families to Texas and died before he could fulfill his dream?

Back

Moses Austin

Front

Which Empresario was a Tejano rancher and helped Stephen F. Austin receive a empresario grant in Texas?

Back

Erasmo Seguin

Front

Which Empresario established the town of Gonzalez with Anglo settlers?

Back

Green De Witt

Front

Which Empresario is known as the Father of Texas, fulfilled his father’s contract, and took 300 Anglo families to Texas?

Back

Stephen Austin

Front

Which Empresario brought mostly Mexican settlers to his Texas colony?

Back

Martin De Leon

Front

Which Individual Rights was denied to Anglos living in Texas under the Constitution of 1824?

Back

Freedom of Religion

Front

A businessperson who was granted the right to promote settlement in Texas, made responsible for the new settlers that came, and helped Mexico by increasing the population of Texas.

Back

Empresario

Front

Slavery ended in Texas in 1829, when Mexico abolished slavery.

Back

False

Front

Which area of Texas was MOST colonized by empresarios in the 1820s? Options: Gulf Coastal Region, Texas Panhandle, Far West Texas, South Texas

Back

Gulf Coastal Region

Front

For what purpose did the Mexican government want to bring settlers to Texas?

Back

To act as a buffer from attacks from the north and northeast.