Empresarios of Texas

Which Empresario...

• Negotiated a contract to bring Anglo families to Texas

• Died before he could fulfill his dream

• Moses Austin

• Stephen Austin

• Green De Witt

• Martin De Leon

• Erasmo Seguin

Which Empresario...

• The first successful empresario

• Fulfilled his father’s contract and took 300 Anglo families to Texas

• Known as the Father of Texas

• Moses Austin

• Stephen Austin

• Green De Witt

• Martin De Leon

• Erasmo Seguin

Which Empresario...

• brought mostly Mexican settlers to his Texas colony?

• Moses Austin

• Stephen Austin

• Green De Witt

• Martin De Leon

• Erasmo Seguin

I was the first to obtain permission to bring Anglo settlers to Spanish Texas; Who am I?

• Moses Austin

• Stephen Austin

• Green De Witt

• Martin De Leon

• Erasmo Seguin

• A businessperson who was granted the right to promote settlement in Texas (land / real estate agent)

• Made responsible for the new settlers that came

• Helped Mexico by increasing the population of Texas

• Spanish Conquistador

• Anglo

• Empresario

• Tejano

Land agent

• a. Realtor
• b. Empresario
• c. Department
• d. Militia

From the list below, pick the answer which was NOT one of the 4 things a settler had to agree to in order to purchase land in Texas.

• 1. Speak Spanish
• 2. Become a Citizen
• 3. Become Catholic
• 4. Be of Good Moral Character 

Under the Colonization Act of 1825, how did the settlers earn a bonus of acreage in Mexico?

• a. Marry a Mexican Woman (Latina)
• b. Bring extra pots, pans and supplies or clothing.
• c. Have extra children
• d. Be married

Of the following, which is NOT a desirable character trait of a settler during the time of SFA's empresario.

• a. Good moral character
• b. Good thief
• c. Good Catholic
• d. Become a citizen

Who was a Catholic priest who called for equal rights for all people during a speech in 1810?

• Father Miguel Hidalgo
• Moses Austin
• Stephen F. Austin
• Captain Crunch