Quiz ten

What region did Stephen Austin and other empresarios put the majority of their colonies?

• Mountain and Basin Region

• Great Plains

• Coastal Plains

• Great Texas Region

Who would be most likely to go with Austin to Texas?

• A farmer

• A doctor

• A black smith

• A banker

What year did Spain grant Mexico independence?

• 1821

• 1845

• 1790

• 1800

What is an empresario?

• A Spanish person fighting for Texas

• A contractor who brought people to Texas

• A Texan fighting for independence from Spain

• A person who searches for the seven cities of Gold

How did the empresarios convince people to come to Texas?

• By having so many nice cities

• By having cheap and good farm land

• By having so many Native Americans

• By having the golden city of Cibola

Why was Mexico nervous about the Louisiana Purchase?

• Because Louisiana was a dangerous place

• Because Louisiana was purchased by Spain after the revolution and this was their attempt to get Texas back.

• Because Louisiana was a key port for Mexico and if they had kept control of Mississippi river they would have kept Texas.

• Because Louisiana was purchased by America and made a border against Texas.

What is a filibuster?

• It is an unofficial soldier who fights a war against a country

• It is a person from Louisiana

• It is a official soldier trying to negotiate a treaty with another country

• It is a person from the United States.

Americans come to Texas must 1). become American citizens 2.) Pledge allegiance to Mexico 3.)

• They had to become Catholic

• They had to fight for Mexico

• They had to spend two years in Mexico City

• They had to attack the Filibusters

Which conquistador mapped the Texas coast on 1519?

• Cortes

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Coronado

• Pineda