Mexican National Era 3

What is the name of the group  in Mexico that believed that power should be shared between the states and national government?

• Centralists
• Federalist 
• Nationalists
• Filibusters 

What officially made Mexico a republic and no longer a monarchy? This new government was more similar to the government in the U.S.

• Battle of Medina
• Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824
• Merge of Texas and Coahuila as a state
• State Colonization Law of 1825 

Men who fought an unofficial war to free Texas from Spanish control –

• Filibuster

• Conquistador

• Missionary

• Empresario

His Grito de Dolores speech began a revolution to free Mexico from Spain –

• Jose Gutierrez de Lara

• Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costillo

• Martín de Léon

• Jose de Escandon

Who was the first American to get permission to bring Anglo American settlers into Texas?

• Moses Austin

• Stephen F. Austin

• Green DeWitt

• Martin de Leon

A person of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage is called a _____.

• Hispanic
• friar
• Mestizo
• Native American

Why did thousands of Anglo Americans & Mexicans move to Texas in the 1820s?

• the promise of self-governance

• promise of abundant employment opportunities

• promise of cheap land

• promise of religious tolerance

Which of the following was a result of the Mexican Constitution of 1824?

• Texas and Coahuila were united into a Mexican state

• Texas became a separate state

• Texas was given 12 representative in the state legislature

• Texas was divided into 4 territories

First American empresario who successfully brought 300 Anglo families to Texas -

• Stephen F. Austin

• Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

• Vicente Guerrero

In 1822, after leading an army into Nacogdoches and declaring Texas'   independence from Spain, which filibuster was captured and executed?

• Peter Bean
• James Long
• William Magee
• Philip Nolan