Mexican Texas and the Age of Empresarios

An adventurer who engages in rebellious activities in a foreign country is

• empresario

• gangster

• tejano

• filibuster

Who was the pirate who attacked Spanish ships in Galveston and helped the French settle on the Trinity River?

• Jack Sparrow

• Jean LaFitte

• Blackbeard

• James Long

What was the importance of the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition?

• US citizens occupied Texas

• Spain took total control of Texas

• France regained territory in East Texas

• Mexican gained their independence from Spain

A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state acknowledges to be governed is

• colony

• revolution

• constitution

• immigration

Which of the following was NOT a member of the Republican Army of the North?

• James Long

• Bernardo Gutierrez

• Augustus MaGee

Which of the following is not true of the Constitution of 1824?

• It made slavery illegal in Texas

• It merged Texas and Coahuila into one state

• It named Catholicism as the official religion

Texas was mostly ________________ by Mexico as shown when filibusters took land during Mexican colonization

• punished

• ignored

The majority of settlers coming to Texas were from

• Ohio River Valley

• Mexico

• Spain

• southern United States

What did the Adams-Onis Treaty do?

• It settled the boundary between Spain and France

• It settled the boundary between Spain and the United States

• It settled the boundary between Mexico and the United States

• It gave Louisiana to France

Which of the following is not true of the Law of April 6, 1830?

• It was a direct result of the Mier y Teran report

• It stopped US immigration to Texas

• It outlawed slavery in Texas

• It suspended empresario contracts in Texas