Mexican Colonization Era Review

Why was the Texas capital moved from Austin to Houston in 1837?

• Houston had a better location

• Houston was farther away from San Antonio, which had been captured by Mexico

• Houston was very close to Austin

• Houston's economy was booming

What was the main method of Anglo colonization of Texas?

• Building missions and presidios

• Buying land from empresario's land grants

What was the main method Spanish colonization of Texas?

• Building missions and presidios

• Buying land from empresario's land grants

Green Dewitt is best known for

• Negotiating a treaty with Indian tribes

• Establishing a colony near present-day Gonzales

• Continuing the work that Moses Austin started

• Joining Martin de Leon and doubling the size of his land holdings

A major change that happened in Texas during the Mexican Colonization Era was

• Beginning of cattle ranches

• Establishment of Anglo settlements

• Fighting the Texas revolution

• Conversion of American Indian tribes

How did settlers in Austin colony adapt to the climate?

• Planting cotton

• Only working during winter months

• Buidling homes with a breezeway

• Constructing public pools

The creation of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas resulted in

• An end to immigration to that area

• Political tensions dividing the region

• The spread of slavery into Mexico

• More conflict with American Indian tribes

How did the Colonization Law of 1825 impact Texas?

• It continued the empresario system

• It allowed English to be spoken in Texas schools

• It granted Anglo settlers the right to establish schools

• It transferred land from Mexican settlers to Anglo settlers

Why is the year 1821 important in Texas history?

• Austin was established as the capital of Texas

• Moses Austin came to Texas

• Juan Segin brought Mexican settlers to Texas

• Mexico won its independence from Spain

A way that Mexican officials tried to maintain Mexican culture when issuing land grants to Anglo empresarios was by

• Introducing Spanish foods to settlers

• Requiring settlers to practice the Catholic religion

• Giving settlers a Spanish language test

• Requiring Anglo settlers to wear Spanish clothing