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Colonization of Texas Task Cards

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is known as the “Father of Texas?”

a)

A. Moses Austin

b)

B. Sam Houston

c)

C. Stephen F. Austin

d)

D. Christopher Columbus

2.

How is Moses Austin related to Stephen F. Austin?

a)

A. His uncle

b)

B. His grandfather

c)

C . His father

d)

D. His cousin

3.

What do you call someone who is given permission by a government to settle an area?

a)

A. empresario

b)

B. explorer

c)

C. conquistador

d)

D. leader

4.

What was Stephen F. Austin going to college to become?

a)

a doctor

b)

a senator

c)

a lawyer

d)

a veterinarian

5.

What country was in control of Texas during colonization?

a)

A. Mexico

b)

B. United States

c)

C. Russia

d)

D. France

6.

What was the first group of Americans who came to Texas with an empresario called?

a)

A. New 300

b)

B. Bold 300

c)

C. Old 300

d)

D. Same 300

7.

Who brought the Old 300 to Texas?

a)

A. Moses Austin

b)

B. Sam Houston

c)

C. Stephen F. Austin

d)

D. Christopher Columbus

8.

What is land owned by another country called?

a)

A. a country

b)

B. a state

c)

C. a community

d)

D. a territory

9.

What do you call a person who travels to build a new community or home?

a)

settler

b)

leader

c)

explorer

d)

pioneer

10.

What do you call a person in the first group of people to settle an area?

a)

settler

b)

leader

c)

explorer

d)

pioneer

11.

How old was Stephen F. Austin when he died?

a)

34

b)

94

c)

43

d)

27

12.

What territory did the United States buy that doubled their size including land around Texas?

a)

A. Alaska

b)

B. The Louisiana Purchase

c)

C. Russia

d)

D. Canada

13.

Which is NOT a reason people left the East to come to Texas?

a)

Too expensive

b)

Low taxes

c)

No jobs

d)

No land

14.

What was the capital of Texas during this time?

a)

A. Washington on the Brazos

b)

B. Houston

c)

C. San Felipe de Austin

d)

D. San Antonio

15.

Which empresario and his wife settled what is now Victoria, TX?

a)

A. Stephen F. Austin

b)

B. Don Martin de Leon

c)

C. Moses Austin

d)

D. Haden Edwards

16.

When did Mexico gain independence from Spain?

a)

A. 1821

b)

B. 1921

c)

C. 1721

d)

D. 2021

17.

Moses Austin led the Old 300 to Texas.

a)

True

b)

False