Empresarios

Miguel Hidalgo

• empresario who brought Mexican families to live in Texas

• leader of the wealthy Mexicans rebelling against Spain

• first person to get permission to bring Anglo settlers to Texas

• Mexican priest who fought for independence from Spain

Agustin de Iturbide

• leader of the wealthy Mexicans rebelling against Spain

• most successful empresario, known as the “Father of Texas”

• empresario who brought Mexican families to live in Texas

• first person to get permission to bring Anglo settlers to Texas

Moses Austin

• Mexican priest who fought for independence from Spain

• first person to get permission to bring Anglo settlers to Texas

• empresario who brought Mexican families to live in Texas

• leader of the wealthy Mexicans rebelling against Spain

Stephen F. Austin

• empresario who brought Mexican families to live in Texas

• leader of the wealthy Mexicans rebelling against Spain

• Mexican priest who fought for independence from Spain

• most successful empresario, known as the “Father of Texas”

Martin De Leon

• first person to get permission to bring Anglo settlers to Texas

• empresario who brought Mexican families to live in Texas

• Mexican priest who fought for independence from Spain

• most successful empresario, known as the “Father of Texas”

What was required of Anglo settlers coming to live in Texas during the 1820s?

• they had to become Catholic

• they had to pledge allegiance to Mexico

• they had to become Mexican citizens

• all of these answers are correct

What was the “Old Three Hundred”?

• A. it was the nickname given to the first 300 families to move to Texas

• A. it was the original set of 300 Spanish missions built in California

• A. it was the amount of money it cost to buy 300 acres of land

• A. it was the number of logs needed to build a cabin on the Texas frontier

“A person who wanted power to be shared between the states and the national government” was known as a -

• centralist

• governmentalist

• conventionalist

• federalist

How did the new Mexican Constitution of 1824 affect the Anglo settlers in Texas

• A. It supported a democratic government in Mexico and shared power between states

• A. It made Texas a separate state in Mexico and allowed them to elect representatives

• A. It officially made Mexico [and Texas] a loyal part of Spain once again

• A. None of these answers are correct

Which of these was a part of the new Colonization Law of 1825?

• settlers could live anywhere in Texas

• settlers had 20 years to pay off their land

• settlers never had to pay any taxes

• settlers had to be loyal to Mexico