Fall Semester Exam review

What did José Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara do to help free Texas from Spanish rule?

• He led forces against the Spanish south of San Antonio.

• He issued a grito for a rebellion against Spanish forces.

• He traveled to Washington, D.C., and asked for men, money, and supplies.

• He surrendered San Antonio to Republican forces.

What was one reason Mexico wanted independence from Spain?

• Colonists were excluded from the best jobs

• Spain wanted to support public churches exclusively.

• Colonists resented Spain's half-hearted attempt to rule them.

• The Spanish king gave money and land to colonial churches.

When did the Spanish colonial rule begin?

• when the conquistadors mapped Texas

• when civil war in Spain began

• when the first missions were opened

• when San Antonio was settled

What troops were involved in the Gutierrez -Magee Expedition?

• the Spanish forces

• the British forces from the Seven Year's War

• the Republican Army of the North

• the French forces from the Seven Year's War

Why were the people who moved to the Neutral Ground free from legal authorities?

• No nation governed it.

• Spain had no interest in controlling it.

• The United States had no interest in ruling it.

• The fugitives outnumbered the legal authorities.

What did Republican army commander Samuel Kemper succeed in getting Spain to do?

• capture Nacogdoches

• surrender San Antonio

• abandon the Neutral Ground

• capture Magee

What is a filibuster?

• a person who was warned to stay out of Texas

• someone who represents a nation's government

• someone fighting another country without government permission

• a person who settles somewhere illegally

Who led the French colonists in their attempt to start a colony on the Trinity River?

• Jean Lafitte

• Charles François Lallemand

• James Long

• Louis Michel Aury

Why did the Spanish warn Philip Nolan to stay out of Texas?

• because he caught wild horses in Central Texas

• because they thought he was a spy for the United States

• because he was a smuggler in the Neutral Ground

• because they thought he was a spy for Britain

Why was José de Escandón called "the father of the lower Rio Grande Valley"?

• He was named governor of Laredo, the capital of Nuevo Santander.

• He founded 20 settlements from northern Mexico to the San Antonio River.

• He was a friar at the largest mission on the Rio Grande.

• He expanded Spanish territory from San Antonio to the Rio Grande border.