Spanish Colonial / Mexican National Unit Test Review

Father Hidalgo's "El Grito de Dolores" speech is a significant event that led up to the ________________.

• Anglo settlement of Texas

• Establishment of missions in Texas

• Texas Revolution

• Mexican War for Independence

Mexico gained it's independence from Spain in what year?

• 1718

• 1818

• 1821

• 1836

Why did the Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824's merger of the states of Texas and Coahuila upset many Texans?

• It led to increased taxes, raising the price of land

• It made them more vulnerable to Indian attacks

• It required that all settlers be Catholic, and many of them were not

• It resulted in less representation for Texas in the Mexican government

Stephen F. Austin chose a spot for his colony between what two rivers?

• Nueces and Rio Grande

• Colorado and Brazos

• Colorado and Nueces

• Brazos and Sabine

Swearing allegiance to the Spanish (and later Mexican) government and following the Catholic religion were both requirements for ________________.

• Signing the Mexican Constitution of 1824

• Anglos settling Texas in the early 1800s

• Joining the fight for Mexican Independence

• Natives wanting to live at missions

What group, although differing in their personal goals and motivations, all felt Texas should be independent from Spain?

• The empresarios

• The peninsulares

• The filibusters

• The Comanches

What famous Texan founded the first significant Anglo colony in Texas and for that reason is known as the "Father of Texas"?

• Fray Damian Massanet

• Green DeWitt

• Martin de Leon

• Stephen F. Austin

Which of the following ARE true about the Spanish settlement of Texas during the 1700s? (CHOOSE TWO)

• They built missions to convert the natives

• Families came to settle permanently on the land

• Presidios were used as protection for nearby settlements

• The settlers brought many slaves to farm the land

Which of the following statements are true about the Anglo settlement of Texas during the early 1800s? (CHOOSE TWO)

• Settlers purchased land grants

• Friars taught the natives Christianity

• Settlers adapted to the land by building pueblos out of adobe

• Settlers established farms and plantations in the river valleys

What era of Texas history is being described?

- Filibusters helped Mexico gain independence

- Empresarios bought land grants and brought groups of settlers to help colonize Texas

• Age of Contact

• Spanish Colonial Era

• Mexican National Era

• Revolution and Republic Era