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Chapter 8 - Texas on the Mexican Frontier

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

First American to get permission to bring Anglo settlers into Texas.

a)

Moses Austin

b)

Erasmo Seguin

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

Coahuila y Texas

2.

Alcalde of San Antonio who helped Stephen F. Austin meet with Mexican Leaders.

a)

Moses Austin

b)

Erasmo Seguin

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

Coahuila y Texas

3.

The most successful empresario; knows as the Father of Texas.

a)

Moses Austin

b)

Erasmo Seguin

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

Coahuila y Texas

4.

Merged state formed by the Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824.

a)

Moses Austin

b)

Erasmo Seguin

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

Coahuila y Texas

5.

The first 297 families and single men in Austin’s first colony.

a)

Old Three Hundred

b)

Empresarios

c)

Frontier

d)

Buffer

6.

Businessmen who promoted settlement in Texas by establishing colonies.

a)

Old Three Hundred

b)

Empresarios

c)

Frontier

d)

Buffer

7.

A region marking the farthest edge of settlement by a country or group of people.

a)

Old Three Hundred

b)

Empresarios

c)

Frontier

d)

Buffer

8.

Zone of protection.

a)

Old Three Hundred

b)

Empresarios

c)

Frontier

d)

Buffer

9.

To move from religious to civil control.

a)

Secularize

b)

Militia

10.

An army made up of citizens who serve when necessary.

a)

Secularize

b)

Militia