Trouble in the Colonies

During the 1820s and 1830s, immigrants who moved to Texas from the United States became Mexican citizens.

• true

• false

Colonists were happy with the Mexican governments rules.

• true

• false

One issue the colonists had with the Mexican government is they did not want to become ____________.

• Roman Catholic

• Protestants

Settlers from the United States did not want to learn to speak _______.

• English

• French

• German

• Spanish

Another issue the colonists had was they were not allowed to have _________.

• slaves

• cows

• horses

What did colonists call their slaves in order to get around the Mexican law of no slaves allowed?

• maids

• indentured servants

• slaves

• friends

Another reason colonists were upset with the Mexican government is _____ the government wanted to charge in exchange for services.

• tax

• max

They held a ___________ in San Felipe de Austin to talk about the matters they were upset about.

• party

• convention

The president of Mexico in 1833 was ______________.

• Santa Anna

• Santa Clause

Stephen F. Austin went to talk to ___________ to tell them the colonists wanted to become their own state.

• the Mexican officials

• Santa Claus

• the United States government