Mexican Texas, 1821-1835

Although he arrived in Texas in 1821, Austin’s continuation of his father’s empresario project required that he travel to Mexico City to secure the authorization of:

• New Spain’s royal administrators

• Texan Governor Martinez

• Mexico’s “supreme government”

•  US envoy to Mexico, James Wilkinson

Spanish land agents authorized to promote migration into Texas were called ____________.

• Colonizers

• Empresarios

• Settlers

• Realtors

Although pacified with little violence in January 1827, the _____________ rebellion near Nacogdoches raised concerns that some Anglo American settlers would not remain loyal to Mexican authority.

• Fredonian

• Free Mason

• Spanish

• Comanche

By 1830, approximately ____________ Anglo-American settlers resided in Mexican Texas largely engaged in cotton production.

• 100

• 1,000

• 10,000

• 100,000

The Law of April 6, 1830 restricted ____________ into Texas, provoking an outcry among Anglo-American residents

• Immigration from Mexico

• Immigration from Spain

• Goods being sent

• Immigration from the United States

The Anglo-American colonists in session at the Convention of 1833 included this famed Tennessee politician and War of 1812 veteran as a representative from Nacogdoches ______________.

• William Travis

• Andrew Jackson

• Davy Crocket

• Sam Houston

Stephen F Austin Original contract was for how many families to be settled in Texas?

• 100

• 300

• 500

• 1000

Which of the following was ***NOT **** A condition the Mexican government required for settlement in Texas

• Learning Spanish

• Converting to Catholism

• Becoming Mexican citizens

• make a pilgrimage to Mexico City

Who was the only Empresario from Mexico

• Martin De Leon

• Juan Iterbide

• Hayden Edwards

• Hector Salamanca

Anglos in rebellion at Anahuac issued the ___________ in 1832 expressing opposition to centralization of political authority.

• Turtle Bayou Resolutions

• The Pecan pie Resolution

• Anahuac Exception

• Come and take it Resolution