Topic 4 Lessons 1-4 Review

Which suspicion aggravated tensions between the Texas colonists and the Mexican government?

• That Texas wanted to take over all of Mexico

• That Texans were encouraging tribal nations to rebel

• That Texas would become a wealthy oil state

• That the United States was encouraging rebellion

Which of the following was NOT a way that colonists from the United States kept their distance from Mexican Texans?

• Trading mostly with the United States

• Maintaining separate schools

• Refusing to obey Mexican laws

• Refusing to learn Spanish

Which of the following was NOT a suggestion of the Mier y Terán Report?

• Increased Mexican and European settlement in Texas

• Increased trade between Mexico and colonists in Texas

• Increased presence of the Mexican military in Texas

• Increased trade between Texas and the United States

The British Stamp Act provided a rallying point for American colonists to fight the Revolutionary War. Which of the following served as a rallying point for Texas colonists to fight their own revolution?

• The Seven Laws of 1835

• The Mier y Terán Acts

• The Laws of April 6, 1830

• The Fredonian Acts

The Texas Revolution was —

• a war that immediately followed the Revolutionary War.

• a war of independence from the Confederacy.

• a war of independence from Mexico.

• a war between the United States and Mexico.

The Turtle Bayou Resolutions supported —

• Mexican federalists.

• Mexican military.

• Texas colonists.

• Mexican centralists.

The Texas Revolution officially began with which of the following battles?

• The Battle of Coleto

• The Battle of Gonzalez

• The Battle of the Alamo

• The Battle of San Jacinto

What did the Texas settlers during the Revolution and Republic era have in common with the colonists of the original Thirteen Colonies?

• They opposed taxes.

• They wanted to be given free land.

• They opposed slavery.

• They wanted to make their own rules.

Which of the following was an effect of the increase in Americans moving to Texas?

• The United States created incentives to keep Americans from emigrating.

• The Texan economy got stronger as more people joined the workforce.

• The Mexican government passed restrictions on Americans emigrating to Texas.

• Native Texans were driven further off of their ancestral lands.

Stephen F. Austin is considered the founder of Anglo-American Texas because —

• he brought colonists from the United States to Texas.

• he refused to take up arms against the Mexican government.

• he led Texan troops at the Battle of San Jacinto.

• he refused to involve the United States in the Texas Revolution.