WorksheetsCh4.3 Mexican Texas: A New Era
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 50mins
What is a viceroy?
A movie star
A person who rules a country as the representative of his or her kind ans is empowered to act in the king's name
Another name for Father Miguel Hidalgo
Another name for Juan Bautista de las Casas
What was one reason that peasants and farmers were angry with Spanish officials?
They called them the wrong name.
The Spanish took their horses.
The viceroy set fire to their towns.
The viceroy took most of the food that the rebels grew.
What happened to the revolution after Father Hidalgo was captured and killed?
The war continued with no leader.
The Spanish had won.
Other leaders took his place and the war continued.
No one took his place so the war was over.
Who were Tejanos and Tejanas?
The men and women that lived in Mexican Texas.
Owners of Tejas.
Another name for cattle.
The people of France.
How did the Tejanos help settlers from the United States?
The lead guided tours.
They helped the new Mexican government write laws allowing the settlers to come.
They were helpful to the elderly.
They worked on the farms of the rebels.
What is an empresario?
A person who rules a country as the representative of his or her king.
A Spanish solider.
A rebel solider.
A land agent who brought settlers, divided up land, and kept the law.
Why was De Zavaia sent to jail as a young man?
He stole things from the rebels.
He spoke out against the Spanish government before Mexico gained its independence
He killed another man in battle.
He gathered a large group of Spanish soldiers and marched with them to San Antonio.
How did Tejanos sell many of their cattle?
They sold them to their neighbors.
They didn't sell them. They kept them.
Vaqueros drove the herds hundreds of miles to market.
The viceroys stole them.
How did Seguin serve Mexico's government?
He helps write the Mexican Constitution.
He helps to write the Spanish Constitution.
He helps write the Declaration of Independence.
He helps write the United States Constitution.
Why do you think Seguin welcomed new settlers to Texas?
He liked people, a lot.
He was starting a new school and needed new students.
The more hardworking settlers Texas had, the stronger and more prosperous it would be.
The more people he had the more of a leader he felt like.
