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WorksheetsMexican Texas and the Age of Empresarios
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
An adventurer who engages in rebellious activities in a foreign country is
empresario
gangster
tejano
filibuster
Who was the pirate who attacked Spanish ships in Galveston and helped the French settle on the Trinity River?
Jack Sparrow
Jean LaFitte
Blackbeard
James Long
What was the importance of the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition?
US citizens occupied Texas
Spain took total control of Texas
France regained territory in East Texas
Mexican gained their independence from Spain
A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state acknowledges to be governed is
colony
revolution
constitution
immigration
Which of the following was NOT a member of the Republican Army of the North?
James Long
Bernardo Gutierrez
Augustus MaGee
Which of the following is not true of the Constitution of 1824?
It made slavery illegal in Texas
It merged Texas and Coahuila into one state
It named Catholicism as the official religion
Texas was mostly ________________ by Mexico as shown when filibusters took land during Mexican colonization
punished
ignored
The majority of settlers coming to Texas were from
Ohio River Valley
Mexico
Spain
southern United States
What did the Adams-Onis Treaty do?
It settled the boundary between Spain and France
It settled the boundary between Spain and the United States
It settled the boundary between Mexico and the United States
It gave Louisiana to France
Which of the following is not true of the Law of April 6, 1830?
It was a direct result of the Mier y Teran report
It stopped US immigration to Texas
It outlawed slavery in Texas
It suspended empresario contracts in Texas
The Fredonian Rebellion began over a disagreement over
slavery
land grants
the placement of the Old Stone Fort
whether basketball is a real sport
Which empresario was a native of Mexico who settled mostly Mexican settlers in the Victoria area?
Stephen F. Austin
Green Dewitt
Erasmo Seguin
Martin DeLeon
An agent who brought settlers to a particular colony was known as a
filibuster
empresario
tejano
lawyer
A forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system
constitution
colony
revolution
immigration
Which of the following was not a responsibility of an empresario?
writing laws
heading up the milita
securing loans for settlers
keeping relations
The movement of people from one place to settle in another place is
immigration
colony
filibuster
revolution
What are the original settlers to Austin's first colony called?
the Old 300
the Dirty Dozen
the Expendibles
the Avengers
Who was James Long?
an empresario who settlers people in the Laredo area
the first president of Mexico after they gained independence from Spain
a filibuster who traveled to Nacogdoches and named Texas a republic assigning himself president
the 1st American to settle in Texas
How would you describe New Spain and Mexico during colonization and the Age of Empresarios?
flourishing
at war
rich
in turmoil
Which city is located in red on the map?
Nacogdoches
Goliad
El Paso
San Felipe de Austin
Which city is located where the red dot is?
San Felipe de Austin
San Antonio
Nacogdoches
Dallas
Which city is inside the red area?
San Felipe de Austin
Galveston
Austin
Goliad
Which city is located inside the red?
San Felipe de Austin
Goliad
El Paso
Nacogdoches
