TX - 3.4 - New Wave of Settlement

What word means "land agents or contractors who brought new settlers to an area"?

• empresarios
• filibusters
• friars
• conquistadors

The struggle for Mexican independence began with Father Hidalgo's "Grito de Dolores". In what year did Spain finally grant independence to Mexico?

• 1821

• 1803

• 1832

• 1814

Spain's goal during the Spanish Colonial Era was to spread their Catholic religion to local Indians. What structures did they build to accomplish this?

• missions

• presidios

• ports

• settlements

What was the national religion of Mexico?

• Catholic

• Buddhist

• Islamic

• Mexico had no national religion

How did empresarios affect the population of Texas?

• they INCREASED the population of Texas by bringing in new settlers
• they DECREASED the population of Texas by convincing people to live in other states
• they had NO EFFECT on the population
• that information was not available in 1821

Why did many settlers come to Texas during the 1820s?

• for the cheap farmland that Mexico was offering

• Mexico was paying settlers $5000 to move to Texas

• Texas had no laws, so people were going there to escape any legal issues

• to search for the seven cities of gold

The Texas empresario land grants were mostly located in the...

• Coastal Plains

• Great Plains

• North Central Plains

• Mountains and Basins

Texas History Eras:
Natural Texas and Its People
Age of Contact
Spanish Colonial Era
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• Mexican National Era
• Mexican Federal Era
• Mexican Democratic Era
• Mexican Centralist Era