How did the State Colonization Law of 1825 encourage settlement in Texas?

• By stopping immigration from the United States.

• By giving land grants to settlers and letting empresarios bring families to Texas.

• By requiring settlers to speak only Spanish.

• By banning new towns from being built.

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How did empresarios like Stephen F. Austin and Green DeWitt affect slavery in Texas?

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How did the Spanish and Anglos differ in their reasons for settling in Texas?

• The Spanish wanted to build missions and convert Native Americans, while Anglos wanted land and economic opportunities.

• Both settled only for religious reasons.

• Anglos wanted to spread Catholicism, while the Spanish wanted to farm.

• Both mainly wanted to mine gold.

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How were Mexican settlement methods in Texas different from Spanish methods?

• Mexicans used empresarios to bring settlers, while the Spanish used missions and presidios.

• Mexicans built more missions than the Spanish.

• Spanish settlers used empresarios, but Mexicans did not.

• Both only allowed Native Americans to settle.

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Which best describes an Anglo settlement method in Texas?

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What was a main difference between why the Spanish and Mexicans settled Texas?

• The Spanish wanted to convert Native Americans, while Mexicans wanted to increase population and control.

• Both wanted to convert Native Americans.

• Mexicans wanted gold, Spanish wanted to farm.

• Both only allowed Anglo settlers.

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What was one effect of combining Texas and Coahuila into a single state under the Mexican Constitution of 1824?

• Texans had less influence over local decisions, which impacted settlement patterns.

• It forced all residents to move to Coahuila.

• It immediately made Texas an independent country.

• It stopped all immigration into Texas.

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What was a result of the State Colonization Law of 1825?

• It restricted all immigration to Texas.

• It encouraged Anglo settlements by granting land to families and empresarios.

• It abolished slavery in Texas.

• It merged Texas with Louisiana.

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How did the Mexican federal Constitution of 1824 affect Texas?

• It let Texas have its own government.

• It gave Texas some local control within Mexico.

• It stopped all Anglo settlements in Texas.

• It made Texas a separate country.

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What was the role of empresarios in Texas’s population?

• They discouraged immigration.

• They brought settlers from the United States and Mexico, increasing Texas’s diversity and population.

• They only allowed Spanish settlers.

• They stopped new towns from being established.

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