Empresarios 2020

Which is NOT a reason why the people Mexico did not want to live in Texas?

• Texas was too far from the capital of Mexico - Mexico City.

• The mosquitos were terrible.

• Hostile Natives

An empresario is...

• A Mexican government official

• A settler who has purchased land in Texas

• The second in rank to the Mexican President

• A person who was responsible for dividing up land and selling it to American settlers.

The first empresario to gain permission to sell Texan territory to the Americans.

• Stephen F. Austin

• Moses Austin

Which of the following was NOT one of the conditions settlers from America had to follow if they moved to Texas?

• You had to become a Mexican citizen

• You had to become Catholic

• You could not bring your family

• You had to be of good moral character

Which of the following trades would Stephen F. Austin have looked for when choosing people to live in Texas?

• Merchant

• Doctor

• Ferry Operator

• All of the Above

How much did Americans pay for land in Texas?

• 10 cents an acre

• 12 cents an acre

• 12.5 cents an acre

• 15 cents an acre

What are some things that would make land good for settling?

• Water resources?

• Plentiful vegetation

• Far from hostle natives

• All of the above

How many acres did each American settler receive from Stephen F. Austin?

• 640 acres

• 670 acres

• 860 acres

• 660 acres

You received more land from the empresarios if you had...

• A wife

• Kids

• Slaves

• All of the above

Austin's first colony was established between which two Rivers?

• Red and Guadaloupe

• Red and Rio Grande

• Colorado River and Rio Grande

• Colorado River and Brazos River