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WorksheetsUnit 4 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
What did the State Colonization Law of 1825 essentially reconfirm?
a)
The plan of Iguala of 1821
b)
The Colonization Law of 1823
c)
The Declaration of Indepencedence 1814
d)
The Mexican Federal Constitution
2.
What role did empresarios play in settling the Texan frontier?
a)
They organized efforts to combat American Indians
b)
They encouraged settlers to move to Texas.
c)
They built industries that employed settlers
d)
They fought to prevent foreign immigration to Texas.
3.
What was the capital of the first Colony established in Texas?
a)
San Felipe de Austin
b)
La Bahia
c)
Austin’s Colonies
d)
Washington on the Brazos
4.
Anglo settlers were required to prove this before coming to settle their land grants in “Mexican Texas”?
a)
They have been baptized in the Lutheran Church
b)
Their parents were raised in the Baptist Church
c)
They were married in the Protestant Church
d)
They were members of the Catholic Church
5.
What is the information below describing? o cheap land o fertile soil o start a new life, o easy payment terms for land o generous land policies
a)
Factors that pulled settlers away from their homeland
b)
Life in Germany in the 1800’s
c)
. Factors that attracted any settlers to try for a new life in Texas
d)
. Life in the northeastern United States
6.
I brought more settlers to Texas than any other Mexican empresario and this is why I am considered to be the most successful empresario. I worked hard to make my colonies successful in Mexican Texas. Who would have said this?
a)
Martin de Leon
b)
Moses Austin
c)
Lorenzo de Zavala
d)
Stephen F Austin
7.
What was one of the responsibilities of an empresario?
a)
Require their settlers to become Catholic
b)
Require their settlers to become Mexican Citizens of good character
c)
Promote the settlement of Texas
d)
All of the above
8.
As the OLD 300 traveled from their homes in the southern United States, they adapted to the environment and used the following forms of transportation in order to arrive in Texas?
a)
flatboats made to travel the shallow rivers
b)
. many children walked along with their families and took turns riding in the wagons
c)
many families rode horseback and carried their belongings in covered wagons
d)
all of above
9.
What influenced Moses Austin in his attempt to colonize Texas?
a)
. Spanish officials forced Austin to give up all of his money and goods and leave Spanish territory
b)
Austin was robbed by pirates when they raided a ship on which he was traveling
c)
Austin invested all of his money in a gold mine that failed to produce any gold.
d)
There was a depression that caused many banks to fail, including the one in which Austin was part owner.
10.
The State Colonization law of 1825, which encouraged the empresario system, was created to:
a)
Move the Texas capital to San Antonio
b)
Increase immigration in Texas
c)
Prevent further protestant immigration and outlaw slavery
d)
provide a militia to the colony
11.
The following are true of the colony of Martín de León:
a)
primarily an Anglo colony and a trading center
b)
primarily a Mexican colony and important ranching center
c)
primarily an Irish colony and successful farming center
d)
primarily a German colony and a shipping port
12.
One difference between Spanish and Anglo settlements in Texas was that Spanish settlements during the 1700s were primarily missions and trading posts, while most Anglo settlements in the 1800s were —
a)
small, isolated farms scattered throughout the countryside
b)
moving camps of traveling trappers, traders, and outlaws
c)
permanent ranching and farming communities on huge grants of land
d)
military outposts protecting the frontier from invasion
13.
Who were the “Old Three Hundred”
a)
the original American Indian tribes in Texas
b)
the first men to form a Texas militia
c)
the first settlers to receive land in Austin’s colony
d)
the first law maker in Texas
14.
Stephen F. Austin’s offered the following to entice settlers to leave their homeland and come to settle in Texas:
a)
Settlers were allowed to bring slaves to Texas and they only paid 12.5 cents per acre in fees
b)
Settlers who brought cotton gins could receive more land
c)
Settlers were required to pay their title fees in full and in cash
d)
Both A and B are correct
15.
New settlers to “Mexican Texas” were required to become
a)
Citizens of the United States of America
b)
Loyal citizens of Coahulia y Texas
c)
United States citizens and convert to Protestantism
d)
Mexican citizens and convert to Catholicism
16.
Explain why was Stephen F. Austin’s colony so successful and thriving?
a)
Because the colonists were all Spanish
b)
Because of it’s location between the Brazos and Colorado Rivers
c)
Because settlers here received larger land grants
d)
Because Spain only provided supplies to Austin, and not any other empresarios.
17.
Explain the significance of rivers on Texas settlements?
a)
They provided a reliable water source and made the soil fertile
b)
They were impossible to use for travel, since they flooded in heavy rain and were too shallow during droughts
c)
They tied American Indians to their land and provided a water source for wildlife
d)
. Both A and C are correct
18.
The movement of people from one place to another is called
a)
immigration
b)
emigration
c)
integration
d)
migration
19.
Why would Americans living in the southern region of the U.S. choose to start a new life in Texas?
a)
Texans spoke the same language as the Southern U.S.
b)
Texas agriculture based economy resembled that of the southern U.S.
c)
Americans liked the Mexican government
d)
Most southerners from the U.S. wished to be Mexican citizens
20.
What was the MAIN difference between the U.S. Constitution, and the Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824?
a)
The U.S. had a president and Mexico had a Prime Minister
b)
Mexico did not have freedom of religion
c)
Mexico did not have a Supreme Court
d)
They both did not allow immigration.
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