Week 15 Vocabulary Quiz Review

A ___________ is a leader with complete control of the government and the people.

• empresario

• historian

• dictator

• president

Men who got land grants from the Mexican government to start colonies were called ___________________.

• empresarios

• dictators

• cavalry

• leatherstockings

Mountain men or frontiersmen who did not like any government were called ___________.

• dictators

• empresarios

• historians

• leatherstockings

_________ was an adventurous man who lived with the Cherokee Indians, became the governor of Tennessee, and Major General of the Texas army during the Texas Revolution.

• Santa Anna

• Stephen Austin

• Sam Houston

• Martin de Leon

____________ was a cruel dictator who took control of the Mexican government by force.

• Santa Anna

• Stephen Austin

• Sam Houston

• Martin de Leon

__________ was an empresario who was known as the Father of Texas. He led the Old 300 to Texas and worked with Santa Anna to get independence for Texans.

• Santa Anna

• Stephen Austin

• Sam Houston

• Martin de Leon

_________ was an empresario who started the only Texas colony made up of mostly Mexican citizens.

• Santa Anna

• Sam Houston

• Stephen Austin

• Martin de Leon

What is the name of the town where the Texas Revolution began when Mexican soldiers tried to take back a cannon?

• Washington-on-the-Brazos

• Gonzales

• Seguin

• San Felipe de Austin

The ________________ was the retreat of Texans, toward the coast, escaping from Santa Anna's advancing army in March 1836.

• Wagon Scrape

• Runaway Push

• Runaway Scrape

• Texas Retreat

What was the name of the location of an important meeting of Texans in which the Texas Declaration of Independence and a Texas Constitution were written?

• Washington-on-the-Brazos

• Washington

• San Antonio

• Gonzales