Unit 3: Mexican National Era Review

Mexican empresario who brought 200 Mexican Families to Texas​ (a)  

Empresario who settled 166 families in the area near present-day Gonzales​ (b)  

A Tejano rancher who represented Texas at the Mexican Constitutional convention. He also located the land for the Austin Colony and supported Texas independence ​ (c)  

• Martin de Leon
• Green DeWitt
• Erasmo Seguin

What document said that the Mexican nation is forever free and independent of Spain, Made Catholicism the official religion of Mexico, and Created a federal republic (or states) in Mexico​ (a)  

• Mexican Constitution of 1824
• United States Constitution
• Texas Declaration of Independence 

At this battle American volunteer forces were defeated and killed while fighting for the Independence of Mexico from Spain

• Battle of Gonzales

• Battle of Medina

• Battle of the Alamo

• Battle of Mexico City

__________________________________ helped Mexico achieve its independence from Spain by organizing and expeditionary force of U.S. volunteers, which captured Nacogdoches, La Bahia, and San Antonio

• Jose Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• Erasmo Seguin

• Stephen F. Austin

All of the following were rights guaranteed by the Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824 Except the right to...

• own slaves

• have liberty

• elect politicians

• possess property

Which of the following DOES NOT describe Father Miguel Hidalgo

• He is credited with sparking the Mexican War for Independence

• He was a champion of the poor and indigenous people in Mexico

• He and his supporters seized the prison at Delores

• He was loyal to Spain and fought to maintain its control over Mexico

Which of the following happened after Moses Austin got permission to bring 300 families to Texas?

• Moses Austin established a successful settlement in Texas

• Stephen F. Austin became an empresario after his father's death and brought 300 families to Texas

• The Anglo-American settlers who arrived in Texas quickly turned back

• The settlement fails because of the Mexican War for Independence

The Spanish created settlements in Texas...

• to maintain Mexican ownership of the region

• to secure control of resources in the New World, including gold and land

• to obtain cheap land for prosperous farms

• to create land grants for empresarios

Mexico created settlements in Texas...

• to secure control of resources in the New World, including gold and land

• to obtain cheap land for prosperous farms and ranches

• for settlers to escape debt

• to maintain ownership of the region after independence

I ​ (a)   was a pirate in Galveston and helped fight for Mexico's Independence by attacking Spanish ships

• Jean Lafitte
• Father Miguel Hidalgo
• Dr. James Long
• Stephen F. Austin