Texas History Review

For a short time in the 1800's, Mexico owned the land that is known as Texas today. The Mexican government made agreements with empresarios and gave them large areas of land. Empresarios were land agents. They encouraged people to settle on the land. Martin de Leon and Stephen F. Austin were important empresarios in Texas. What can you conclude about the growth of Texas based on this information?

• The empresarios helped bring settlers to Texas

• American Indians were forced to live on reservations

• Only empresarios could be missionaries in Texas

• The Mexican government made a trade agreement with France

Which tribe of Native Americans most likely depended on fish as a food source?

• Apache

• Wichita

• Jumano

• Karakawa

Read these events:

1. Stephen F. Austin was arrested and put in jail because Mexico thought that he was supporting Texas Independence.
2. The Texas militia fired a cannon at the Mexican soldiers in Gonzales.
3. Delegates at Washington-on-the-Brazos declared independence from Mexico.

These events best describe the cause for what major event in Texas History?

• Mexican War of Independence

• Comanche War of the Plains

• The Texas Revolution

• The Mexican-American War

What was the purpose of a mission like the one pictured above?

• to serve as the court system in the judicial branch

• to educate the school children from the local town

• to convert the American Indians to Christianity

• to house and protect the Texas Constitution

Which of the following would be a good title for the following list:

*Good soil for farming

*Cheap land

*Land close to rivers and streams

• Reasons Settlers Moved to Texas

• Why People Move to Desert Areas

• Causes of the Texas Revolution

• Missions and Presidios on the Frontier

Who was this explorer?

• He was shipwrecked on Galveston Island and lived with the Karankawa Indians
• He was one of the 1st Europeans to explore Texas
• He wrote descriptions of what he found

• La Salle

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Christopher Columbus

• Coronodo

Why was geography important to settlers moving to Texas?

• All new settlers had to follow the rules and laws of France

• They needed fresh water and trees for timber to build homes and grow crops

• Mexican law would not allow Texans to settle on the American Indians' land

• Colonists had to find an area near towns and stores to buy supplies

Early Spanish explorers brought cattle, horses, sheep, and goats to Texas. Use this information and the photo above to answer this question:

How do you think people in early Texas earned a living?

• voting

• manufacturing

• banking

• ranching