Empresarios

What does this image represent?

• Stephen F. Austin bringing in U.S families into Texas
• U.S families going into the United States
• Stephen F. Austin creating the Mexican Constituion
• Moses Austin creating the immigration laws

What was a problem in Austin's colony?

• A bad drought and American Indians attacking the colony
• U.S soldiers attacking the colony
• Terrible weather in the location of the colony
• The colony being too small for the large population

What was San Felipe de Austin?

• The river located near Austin's colony
• The business center of Mexico
• The capital of Austin's colony
• The empresario who was close to Austin

The federal constitution of 1824 turned Mexico into a republic. During this time, Mexico was reorganized and ____________ was created. 

• Jane Long colony
• San Antonio
• settled land
• Coahuila y Texas

What impact did the State Colonization Law of 1825 have?

• Opened Texas settlement and immigration 
• Many empresarios lost their job
• Mexico became angry and started their war
• Spain regained their power due to this law

What is an empresario?

• A business person who created immigration to Spain
• a business person who promoted settlement into Texas
• A war fighter
• A trader of goods and skills

The Colonization Law of 1825 only requirements were that the settlers would become ______________ and _____________ citizens of good character.

• Christian/Mexican

• Catholic/Mexican

• Christian/American

• Catholic/American

People like Stephen F. Austin are known as ______________ who brought Anglos to Texas using land grants

• family settlers

• empresarios

• hunters

• land claimers

Who were the original settlers in Austin's colony?

• The Old 200
• The Old 300
• The Old 100
• The Simpsons 

Where did Stephen F. Austin chose for his colony?

• the area between the Colorado and Brazos Rivers

• the Mountain and Basins region because the Indians were not hostile

• just north of the Trinity River near modern day city of Dallas

• the area near the modern day city of Brownsville