U3 SG (25 TX HIST G7)

What action did the Mexican government do to encourage settlement of Texas?

• provided large cash funds to encourage Mexican families to settle in Texas

• Provided empresario land grants to Anglos

• provided pardons to criminals to encourage the settlement of Texas

• provided land to railroad companies to encourage the development of towns

One difference between Spanish and Anglo settlements in Texas was that Spanish settlements during the 1700s were primarily missions and trading posts, while MOST Anglo settlements in the 1800s were -

• moving camps of traveling trappers, traders and outlaws

• permanent ranching and farming communities on huge grants of land

• military outposts protecting the frontier from invasion

• small, isolated farms scattered throughout the countryside

The chart compares and contrasts the various purposes and methods of settlement in Texas. Complete the blank areas of the chart above with the correct information about Anglo settlement in Texas.

• Increase population in Texas: empresario grants

• Increase population in the US: sharecropping

• Increase population in the south: creating ranches

• Increase population in Mexico: establishing churches

Stephen F. Austin and Martin De Leon are both responsible for -

• settling Americans in churches in Texas/Mexico

• setting Americans in forts in Texas/Mexico

• settling Americans in encampments in Texas/Mexico

• settling Americans in towns in Texas/Mexico

I am often called the father of Texas. Who am I???

• Sam Houston

• Martin De Leon

• Stephen F. Austin

• Moses Austin

What was the primary reason for tensions between the Anglo settlers in Texas and the Mexican government?

• Texas was not part of the US at that point.

• Stephen F. Austin wanted to bring 300 American families to settle in Texas.

• Stephen F. Austin couldn't convince the government to change the unfair laws.

• The settlers from America did nott agree with many of the Mexican laws.

Why is Stephen F. Austin considered the "Father of Texas?"

• Austin brought the first large groups of Anglo settlers to Texas from the US.

• Texas didn't have anyone else.

• Austin beleived that the Anglo settlers could build a successful colony.

• Austin supported Texas independence from Mexico.

After Mexico gained independence in 1821, the government used the empresario system to help settle the area now known as Texas. Empresarios agree to _________ within six years. In return, the empresario received __________ to settle Catholic families in the region.

• return home / $500

• chang their names / permission from the Catholic church

• settle a certain number of families / a land grant

• recognize Mexico as a country / food and cattle

The Mexican Revolution had implications on the population demographics in the state of Texas. For example, the population in Texas _____ as a result of the Mexican Revolution. In order to remedy the situation, Mexico encouraged ____ to migrate to the _____ frontier.

• stayed the same / horses / open

• decreased / Americans / Nothern

• increased / Spaniards / Spanish

• increased / Mexicans / Southern

Which of the following are effects of the State Colonization Law of 1825? Select TWO correct answers.

• endorsed Spanish citizenship onto American settlers

• forced American settlers to learn Spanish

• allowed for empresarios to bring American settlers to Texas

• encouraged American settlers to become Christian

• obligated American settlers to pay taxes for 10 years