Week of 10-26 Quiz

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...

• established the town of Gonzalez with Anglo settlers?

• 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

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

Who is considered the father of Texas?

• Stephen F. Austin

• Martin de Leon

• Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

• Green DeWitt

Stephen F. Austin’s original colonists were called ____.

• The Old 300

• Austin's Assembly

• The Old 400

• The Original 300

What allowed empresarios like Stephen F. Austin to attract colonists to Texas?

• good land at low prices

• paying for their moving expenses

• religious freedom

• promising them riches in Texas

How did Father Hidalgo participate in the Mexican War for independence?

• He assisted in writing a constitution for Mexico.

• He spied on Texans for the Spanish government.

• He cared for wounded Texans fighting in the war.

• Hidalgo’s cry for freedom began a revolution against the Spanish government in Mexico.

What is a land grant?

• Granting you a wish from a genie

• Free Land

• Indian Territory

• Manifest Destiny