Empresario System

Which country granted land agents - empresarios - land grants (contracts) to settle families in TX?

• Spain

• Mexico

Which country used Missions, Presidios, Towns and Ranches to colonize TX?

• Spain

• Mexico

Under the Mexican Constitution of 1824, which of the following becomes the national religion of Mexico?

• Catholicism

• Buddhism

• Methodism

• Presbytarian

Which empresario is the 1st to receive a land grant (contract) to settle families in TX?

• Moses Austin

• Stephen F. Austin

• Martin de Leon

• Green Dewitt

Which empresario is the 1st to settle families in TX?

• Moses Austin

• Stephen F. Austin

• Martin de Leon

• Green Dewitt

After Moses Austin passes away, who takes over his empresario contract?

• Moses Austin

• Stephen F. Austin

• Martin de Leon

• Green Dewitt

Between what two rivers does Stephen F. Austin establish his colony?

• Brazos and Colorado

• San Antonio and Guadalupe

• Brazos and Guadalupe

• San Antonio and Colorado

Who is known as the "Father of Texas?"

• Stephen F. Austin

• Erasmo Seguin

• Moses Austin

• Green Dewitt

Which of the following empresarios settled his colony near the Guadalupe River?

• Green Dewitt

• Stephen F. Austin

• Moses Austin

• Martin de Leon

Which of the following was the only Mexican empresario to found a Texas colony?

• Martin de Leon

• Moses Austin

• Green Dewitt

• Stephen F. Austin