Unit 4: Mexican Texas and the Empresario System

Which of the following statements best describes the point of view regarding life in Mexican Texas?

• The settlers of Texas had no need for luxury goods and refused to go looking for them.

• The settlers of Texas were able to make everything that they needed themselves.

• The settlers of Texas had to either make their own or do without, because transportation of goods into Texas was difficult.

• The settlers of Texas regularly purchased the goods that they desired, many of which that were brought in from the United States and elsewhere.

The Purpose and Methods are those of which group settling Texas?

• Spanish Settlement

• Mexican Settlement

• Anglo Settlement

The Purpose and Methods are those of which group settling Texas?

• Spanish Settlement

• Mexican Settlement

• Anglo Settlement

The Purpose and Methods are those of which group settling Texas?

• Spanish Settlement

• Mexican Settlement

• Anglo Settlement

In this letter to Stephen F. Austin, the prospective settler Thomas White reveals he has heard what about the settlers who were settling in Texas at that time:

• That Texas was home to famous villains

• That Texas had become a refuge for undesirable peoples, including debtors and criminals

• That Texas was already heavily populated, and his friends think he is unwise to try to move there

• That Stephen F. Austin and men like him were villains, and that he was trying to get him to settle there under false pretenses

Moses Austin and Baron de Bastrop proposed all of the following "benefits" of allowing U.S. settler in Texas except -

• That they would be able to assist Mexico in overthrowing Spanish Rule over Texas

• That they would help rebuild the economy of Texas

• That they would be loyal Spanish Citizens

• That the presence of colonies settled by Americans would help to deter Native American attacks on New Spain

Which of the following characteristics might have been considered by settlers when deciding where to select land for their homes/farms/plantations in Texas:

• Which empresario they favored the most

• Which empresario had the cheapest land and prices

• Which lands most resembled their former homelands

• Which lands were the closest to the United States

The statement about the relationship between Tejanos and Anglo settlers relates to which of the following events that occurred in Mexican Texas:

• The boundary dispute that occurred between De Leon and DeWitt colonies in 1826

• The creation of the Colonization Law of 1824 which forbid Anglo settlers from receiving land too close to an international border or the Texas coast

• The initial decision by Governor Antonio Maria Martinez to reject Moses Austin's proposal to establish a colony populated by Americans in Texas in 1820

• These conflicts were what led to the Mexican government to combine the state so Coahuila y Texas in 1824

This action, undertaken by President Vicente Guerrero, created a great deal of tension between Anglo settlers and the Mexican government:

• The passage of the Colonization Law of 1824

• The restrictions on Anglo settlement

• The passage of the Colonization Law of 1825

• The Abolition of Slavery Decree of 1829

Stephen F. Austin would eventually establish several colonies - all but one of which, were successful. Why was Austin's "Little Colony" less successful?

• By the time he established the "Little Colony", Austin had run out of money

• His empresario contract had expired because he was not able to attract enough settlers

• Due to hostilities on the part of Native Americans who lived nearby

• Due to a change in laws that outlawed U.S. settlers from coming to Texas