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WorksheetsFilibuster & Empresario Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 15mins
A Empresario is?
Adventure seeker who often started a rebellion in a foreign country
Job was to arrange business deals, including the buying and selling of land.
Neither
All of the Above
A Filibuster is?
Adventure seeker who often started a rebellion in a foreign country
job was to arrange business deals, including the buying and selling of land
Neither
All of the Above
What best Matches the description of Stephen F. Austin?
captured Nacogdoches and proclaimed Texas an independent state
started the independence movement in Mexico in 1810 and was executed
fulfilled his father’s dream to colonize Texas by paving the way for Anglo colonization
led an unsuccessful expedition of 800 to claim an independent state in Texas
What best matches the description of James Long?
fulfilled his father’s dream to colonize Texas by paving the way for Anglo colonization
given the first Texas land grant from Spain
led an unsuccessful expedition of 800 to claim an independent state in Texas
captured Nacogdoches and proclaimed Texas an independent stat
What best matches the description of Father Miguel Hidalgo?
started the independence movement in Mexico in 1810 and was executed
fulfilled his father’s dream to colonize Texas by paving the way for Anglo colonization
captured Nacogdoches and proclaimed Texas an independent state
led an unsuccessful expedition of 800 to claim an independent state in Texas
What best matches the description of Moses Austin?
fulfilled his father’s dream to colonize Texas by paving the way for Anglo colonization
given the first Texas land grant from Spain
started the independence movement in Mexico in 1810 and was executed
one of the first adventure seekers who was capturing and selling horses; eventually executed by the Spanish
What best matches the description of Jose Gutierrez de Lara?
started the independence movement in Mexico in 1810 and was executed
captured Nacogdoches and proclaimed Texas an independent state
led an unsuccessful expedition of 800 to claim an independent state in Texas
one of the first adventure seekers who was capturing and selling horses; eventually executed by the Spanish
What were the names of the original settlers to the Austin Colony?
New 300
Old 300
Andre 3000
None of the above
Between what two rivers did Austin create his colony?
Red River & Colorado
Rio Grande & Colorado
Colorado and the Brazos
None of the Above
In what year did Mexico gain independence from Spain?
1810
1776
1800
1821
Which East Texas city was captured twice by filibusters in an attempt to take over the land from Spain?
Tyler
Caddo Lake
Nacogdoches
Houston
What were the 3 things that the Austin colony citizens had to agree to in order to come to Texas?
1. Become a American citizen 2. Live on the land 3. Become Jewish
1. Become a Spanish citizen 2. Live on the land 3. Become Roman Catholic
1. Become a Texas citizen 2. Live on the land 3. Become Roman Catholic
None of the Above
Who is responsible for the only Mexican settlement in Texas?
Juan Seguin
Erasmo Seguin
Martin De Leon
None of the Above
In what region are the first empresario grants given?
Great Plains
North Central Plains
Coastal Plains
Mountain & Basin
What event occurred in 1835?
Fredonian Revolt
Fighting at Gonzales and San Antonio
Gutierrez-Magee expedition enters Texas
None of the above
In what year did the Fredonian Revolt occur?
1826
1833
1835
1821
When was the Mexican Constitution written?
1821
1822
1823
1824
In what year was Stephen F. Austin imprisoned?
1830
1833
1835
1836
