Early conflicts with Mexico

Who were the leaders of the Fredonian Rebellion?

• Haden and Benjamin Edwards

• Moses and Stephen F. Austin

How did Stephen F. Austin react to the Fredonian Rebellion?

• joined the rebellion to help Anglos win freedom from Mexico

• helped the Mexican government stop the rebellion

What effect did the Law of April 6, 1830 have on Empresario contracts that had not been completed?

• Improved
• Enforced
• Suspended

Why was General Mier y Teran sent to Texas?

• Writing a treasonous letter - declaring statehood without permission from Santa Anna
• Suspended
• Observe and report on Anglo-American Colonists

Who was Manuel Mier y Teran?

• An empresario
• An inspector from the Mexican government
• A supporter of Haden Edwards
• A protestor at Anahuac

General Manuel Mier y Teran was sent by Mexican government to?

• Investigate the condition in Texas
• Collect monthly rent from Texas
• Investigate the people in Texas Faith
• Collect taxes from Texan

What effect did the Fredonian Rebellion and the Mier y Terán Report have?

• Many Anglo settlers started to leave Texas after these events.

• Confirmed Mexican suspicions that Anglo-American settlers would take over Texas.

• Fighting between Anglo-American and Spanish settlers broke out.

• Anglo settlers tried to buy Texas from the Mexican government

In 1828  Mexico sent ________ to investigate the Texas after the _________ ________.

• Austin, Texas Revolution
• Edwards,  Spanish colonial War
• Mier -Teran, Fredonian Rebellion
• Santa Ana,  Mexican Revolution

Select the three primary reasons that the Mier Y Teran report said about Texans that the Mexican government should worry about?

• They had slavery

• Spoke English

• Anglos (Americans) outnumbered Mexicans

• They were not Roman Catholic

What empresario tried to start a rebellion against Mexico known as the Fredonian Revolt?

• Stephen F. Austin
• Martin De Leon
• Green DeWitt
• Haden Edwards