Beeville History Quiz page 1 & 2

What is an empressario? (page 1)

• land agent

• claim jumper

• Ireland

• colonist

When was the law passed that allowed the empresarios to come into this part of Tejas? (page 1)

• March of 1825

• 1821

• 1836

• 2020

What country controlled this part of Texas? (page 1)

• Mexico

• United States

• France

• England

All four empressarios that claimed the land near Bee County came from what country? (page 1)

• England

• Ireland

• France

• United States

The Mexican law said that all new settlers had to come from-- (page 1)

• England

• Ireland

• France

• United States

The Albion landed at ____ known as today as Copano. (page 2)

• Corpus Christi

• Houston

• Galveston

• Port Aransas

The New Packed landed by mistake at ____Bay (page 2)

• Port Aransas

• Matogorda

• Beeville

• Houston

• __ and his wife and four childred landed at Copano Bay (page 2)

• John Hefferman

• McGloin

• McMullen

• Davy Crockett

(page 1 caption) Who was the most successful empresario that brought 300 families from the US in 1821?

• Elvis Presley

• John Wayne

• Stephen F. Austin

• James Heweston

(page 1 caption) What was Stephen F. Austin's colony named?

• Beeville

• San Felipe de Austin

• San Antonio

• Corpus Christi