UNIT 4 ARTICLE 1 WITH QUESTIONS

WHAT YEAR DID MEXICO GAIN INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN? 

• 1815

• 1821

• 1830

• 1877

HOW COULD THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT INCREASE POPULATION MORE RAPIDLY AND MAKE MORE MONEY? 

• BY ENCOURAGING MEXICAN CITIZENS TO MOVE TO TEXAS. 

• BY ALLOWING AMERICANS TO SETTLE IN TEXAS. 

WHERE DID AUSTIN AND THE "OLD THREE HUNDRED" SETTLE?

• ALONG THE BRAZOS RIVER 

• ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER 

• ALONG THE GUADALUPE RIVER 

HOW MANY FAMILIES DID DE'LEON BRING WITH HIM TO HIS NEW SETTLEMENT? 

• 12

• 20

• 41

• 52

TRUE OR FALSE?

MEXICO WAS IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING TEXAS DID AND BELIEVED. 

• TRUE 

• FALSE 

HOW MANY OF THE INHABITANTS WERE AMERICAN SETTLERS? 

• 26,000

• 20,000

• 6,000

MEXICO WAS ___ SLAVERY. 

• FOR 

• AGAINST 

WHAT WAS ONE GOAL THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT HAD FOR TEXAS?

• A. TO DISCOVER MINERAL RESOURCES 

• B. TO GAIN CONTROL OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANDS 

• C. TO FIND BETTER LAND FOR FARMING 

• D. TO FORGE TRADE ROUTES TO THE UNITED STATES

WHAT IS ONE REASON AMERICANS IMMIGRATED TO TEXAS? 

• A. NO TAXES WERE REQUIRED 

• B. THEY HAD MORE FREEDOMS 

• C. FREE LAND WAS ADVERTISED 

• D. THEY WANTED TO START A NEW GOVERNMENT 

WHY WAS MEXICO CONCERNED OVER THE NUMBER OF AMERICAN SETTLERS? 

• MEXICAN CULTURE WOULD BECOME LOST

• SETTLERS WOULD BE LOYAL TO THE UNITED STATES 

• TEXAS COULD NOT SUPPORT BOTH GROUPS 

• RELATIONS BETWEEN GROUPS WOULD BECOME STRAINED