Ch 8 Test Review Helper 2024

After Moses Austin's death, Who carried out the plans for the "Texas Venture"?

• Stephen F. Austin

• Erasmo Seguin

• Baron de Bastrop

• Haden Edwards

Martin de Leon's colony was given special preference over neighboring colonies in border disputes, whu?

• He came from a famous family

• He was a native Mexican

• He took cattle and beef from hostile Native Americans

• He was friends with Stephen F. Austin and Erasmo Seguin

His colony was the second most successful Anglo American colony in Texas.

• Green Dewitt

• Baron de Bastrop

• Martin de Leon

• Stephen F. Austin

Stephen F. Austin knew that water was important for the location of his new colony, why?

• Austin wanted to attract ship builders to his new colony

• Water allowed farmers to grow cotton and other crops

• Austin knew that water could generate electricity for his new colony

• Rivers and lakes provided good natural borders

One reason some early settlers come to Texas was...?

• to escape slavery

• Spain/Mexico, offered large cash payments to new settlers

• to escape debts they owed in the United States

• to escape being drafted into the American military

What was a requirement of the 1824 Mexican colonization law for settlers coming to Texas?

• Settlers had to be willing to become permanent Mexican citizens to receive land

• Land grants in Texas were only given to slave holders

• Colonies could only be established if they allowed trade with Native Americans

• Settlers needed to show proof of financial stability

Most African Americans came to live in the early Texas settlements, because of opportunites not found in the United States?

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Most African Americans came to Texas as enslaved peoples of Southern farmers

Why did Stephen Austin advertise in Southern newspapers to attract settlers to Texas?

• Southern farmers worked harder than any other farmers in the U.S.

• He wanted Southerns that would be fmiliar with the climate and growing conditions of the South.

• Austin thought Northern farmers would be against slavery

• Austin's family was from Conneticut and he did not like how Northern farmers worked

What happened on the first voyage of the Lively while transporting colonists to Texas ?

• The ship ran aground, but was rescued and put back into service

• The ship was captured by pirates off the coast of Cuba

• The ship was blown off course and most colonists never met up with Austin

• The ship sailed to Texas successfully bringing needed supplies

Stephen F. Austin had to stay a year in Mexico City while waiting to see if his contract would be honored by the New Mexican government. What action did he take while he waited that later benifited him and his colony?

• He learned Spanish and gained an understanding of Mexican culture

• He wrote home constantly, helping the colony back in Texas thrive during his absence

• He helped a number of Spanish loyalists escape to Texas

• He threatened to make his colony a part of the United States