4th grade Ch 5 Test

The war in which the 13 American colonies won independence from Great Britain is called ________? p. 160

• American Revolution

• Boston Tea Party

• British surrender

The ___________states that people deserve "Life, :liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." p. 161

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Louisiana Purchase

In what year did Dr. James Long lead expeditions into Texas in hopes pf driving out the Spanish? p. 167

• 1815

• 1816

• 1819

• 1820

What is the Mexican nickname for an English-speaking settler? p. 174

• disputer

• Anglo

• Englander

• American

Mexican born Texans are known as________? p. 168

• Tejanos

• Meicanos

• Texicans

• TexMexicans

The United States bought the Louisiana Territory in order to control__________? p. 162

• the 13 colonies

• the Rio Grande

• The port of New Orleans

• Florida

Who helped the country of Venezuela win independence? p. 163

• Jose de San Martin

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Simon Bolivar

• the Emperor of France

Spain gave up control of Mexico, making it an independent nation, because of the ________? p. 167

• Plan de Iguala

• Grito de Delores

• empresarios

• peninsulares

The first settlers who came to Stephen Austin's colony on the Brazos River were called the_________? p. 174

• Old Two Hundred

• Old Three Hundred

• Old Four Hundred

• Old Five Hundred

The American settlers of British ancestry who colonized Mexico were known as __________? p.174

• Tejanos

• Texans

• bilinguals

• Anglos