Texas Colonization Quiz

Under the State Colonization Law of 1825, new settlers did not have to pay taxes for how many years?

• 6 months

• 10 years

• 25 years

• 50 years

Who was the only empresario to found a Texas colony of primarily Mexican settlers?

• Arthur G. Wavell

• Martín de León

• Stephen F. Austin

• Lorenzo de Zavala

After the creation of independent Mexico in 1821, one of the Mexican government’s major goals was to ______ new settlers. (attract/ban)

Mexican citizen ______ agreed to help Stephen F. Austin get his contract approved by Mexican officials. (Erasmo Seguín/Martín de León)

Widow ______ was one of the women among the Old Three Hundred. (Patricia de León/Jane Long)

The ______ made promises of cheap land in order to attract settlers to Texas. (empresarios/militias)

The National Colonization Law of 1824 allowed each Mexican state to set its own ______ policies. (colonization/immigration)

Many Mexican officials viewed Texas and other northern frontier territories as

• vital in protecting the rest of the country.

• worthless properties.

• lands full of riches.

• places to find more settlers.

The value of Texas and other frontier territories was in their

• resources.

• people.

• location.

• gold.

Creating buffers between Mexico and its northern neighbors

• gave the Mexican army time to respond to threats.

• intimidated attackers.

• made it easier for invasions to occur.

• removed any resistance invaders might have faced.