TX - 3.2 to 3.5b - MN Quiz 2

Fill in the blank [with items in chronological order]:

First - Moses Austin gets Spanish permission to settle in Texas

Second - _____?_____?_____?_____?_____?_____?_____

Third - Mexican Constitution of 1824

• Mexico wins independence from Spain

• the U.S. purchases Louisiana from France

• Native Americans discover the Seven Cities of Gold

• the Battle of Medina

What 1825 law continued the empresario system set up in Texas, and helped Anglo [American] settlers get Mexican land grants?

• Colonization Law of 1825

• Law of Texas Colonies in 1825

• San Felipe de Austin charter of 1825

• Empresario Law of 1825

Who established the first large Anglo colony in Texas?

[hint: he's known as the "Father of Texas" today]

• Stephen F. Austin

• Miguel Hidalgo

• Bernardo Gutierrez

• Augustus Magee

What document created political tensions in Texas when it combined the states of Coahuila and Texas in 1824?

• the Mexican Constitution of 1824

• the Treaty of Texas

• the Coahuila y Texas Compromise

• the Spanish Articles of Confederation

Why were many of the homes in Austin's colony built with a central breezeway [like the one in the picture provided]?

• as a way of adapting to the climate conditions in Texas

• because they were two-family homes [one on each side]

• the central breezeway was usually where they put in the swimming pool

• they wanted to be able to see the front yard and back yard at the same time [for monitoring children]

Which of these gives the best description of Erasmo Seguin?

• Tejano rancher who helped Austin locate land for his first colony

• Anglo filibuster who fought against the Spanish and Mexican governments

• Mexican priest who called for Mexico's independence from Spain

• Spanish governor of Texas from 1801-1812

How did the Mexican Constitution of 1824 deal with religion in Texas?

• it restricted the freedom of religion, and required all Texas settlers to practice the Catholic religion

• it protected the freedom of religion [allowing Texans to practice any religion they chose]

• it didn't do anything about religion

• NONE of these answers are correct

Why did many Anglos [settlers from the U.S.] migrate to Mexican Texas in the 1820s?

• for the good, cheap land

• they were getting paid $5000 to come to Texas

• gold had been discovered in South Texas

• to help rebuild the abandoned missions and presidios

Which of these things happened during the Mexican National Era?

• Stephen F. Austin brought the Old Three Hundred to Texas

• early people migrated from Asia to North America

• Pineda mapped the coastline of Texas

• mission San Antonio de Valero was established

Why were most of the empresario land grants were located in the Coastal Plains region of Texas?

• Mexican officials didn't want the Texans settling close to the U.S.

• lands in the other Texas regions were being claimed by France

• Native Americans had been completely pushed out of the Coastal Plains

• it was the area of Texas with the highest elevation, and thus the warmest temperatures