Mexican Colonization and the Empresario System

Empresarios agreed to ______ within six years. In return, the empresario received _______.

• Settle a certain number of families; a land grant

• Ranch a certain number of animals; acreage

• Farm a certain number of acres; cattle

• Build a certain number of homes; a land grant

What impact did Mexico's independence from Spain have on the colonization of Texas?

• Mexicans began to search for gold in Texas.

• Settlers in Texas were required to learn Spanish

• Thousands of people came to Texas to claim land.

• Texas was given to Spain in a treaty to end the war.

Which of the following was protected by the Constitution of 1824?

• Catholicism

• slavery

• democracy

• free enterprise

The colony established by Martín De León differed from the DeWitt colony because it was —

• farther north.

• twice as large

• settled by Mexican families

• home to Irish Catholic immigrants

All of the following were rights guaranteed by the Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824, EXCEPT the right to —

• own slaves

• have liberty

• elect politicians

• possess property

While the Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824 created a representative government in Mexico, it specifically restricted the people’s right to —

• own private property

• start small businesses

• freely practice any religion

• settle north of the Rio Grande River

Which successful Tejano rancher represented Texas at the Mexican Constitutional Convention, located land for the first Austin colony, and eventually supported Texas independence?

• Martín De León

• José Francisco Ruiz

• Lorenzo de Zavala

• Erasmo Seguín

Why did many Americans and Mexicans migrate to Mexican Texas in the 1820's?

• To gain religious freedom

• To build missions and forts

• To search for cities of gold

• To find cheap farmland

As an American empresario, Green DeWitt was able to —

• negotiate a treaty with the American Indian tribes

• establish a colony near what is present-day Gonzales

• continue the work that Moses Austin had started in Texas

• join with Martin De León doubling the size of his land holdings

During the Mexican war for independence, the Battle of Medina resulted in —

• victory for the Republican Army

• arrests of many revolutionary fighters

• calls for the filibusters to invade Texas

• defeat of the Guiterrez-Magee expedition