TX - Mexican National [2] 22-23

The empresario system [where land contractors brought settlers into Texas] was established during the _____ era of Texas History.

• Mexican National

• Natural Texas and Its People

• Age of Contact

• Spanish Colonial

Spain granted independence to the colony of Mexico in the year -

• 1821

• 1519

• 1685

• 1718

1718 - San Antonio established

1810 - ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

1813 - the Battle of Medina

1824 - the Mexican Constitution

What event is missing from this list?

• the Grito de Dolores

• Pineda maps the Texas coast

• La Salle accidentally lands in Texas

• Mexico gains independence from France

How did Mexican independence in 1821 impact Texas?

• Texas was now under the government of Mexico

• Texans would now be required to speak Spanish

• the Texas economy would now center around horse ranching

• Texas Indians would be forced to live somewhere else

Anglo settlers [mostly from the Southern U.S.] would be required to practice the ______ religion in Texas. [hint: this was the national religion of Mexico, and was required as a way for Mexico to maintain their culture in Texas]

• Catholic

• Baptist

• Methodist

• Protestant

Filibusters were -

• fortune seekers who fought unofficial wars against Spain

• religious teachers who brought Catholicism to Texas

• Spanish soldiers who were sent to protect the settlements of New Spain

• Spanish military forts built near the missions

Use the map provided to help you answer this question.

In the years after the Louisiana Purchase, many Americans headed to Texas for the cheap land that was available. Which location on the map shows where many of these people were coming from?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

CHOOSE THREE [3] CORRECT RESPONSES TO THIS:

Stephen F. Austin was -

• an empresario

• leader of the Old Three Hundred

• founder of San Felipe [located on the Brazos River]

• killed by pneumonia in 1820

• governor of Tennessee before he came to Texas

How did the empresario land grants impact the population of Texas?

• the population of Texas INCREASED

• the population of Texas DECREASED

• the population of Texas DID NOT CHANGE

In the 1820s, most of the Anglo settlers [from the Southern U.S.] who came to Texas wanted to establish -

• farms

• missions

• presidios

• a U.S. government