WorksheetsExplorers, Filibusters, & Empresarios
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Father Miguel Hidalgo
Priest who started the Mexican Revolution
The first filibuster in Texas
An Olympic marathon runner
Horse theif
Jose Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara
Continued Hidalgo's work by asking the US for help.
A concert pianist
Friar who founded the first mission
Dog trainer to the king of Spain
Augustus Magee
Joined Gutierrez de Lara in the fight for Mexican Indepdence
Domesticated the first guinea pig.
The last of the filibusters
Priest who called for the Meixcan Revolution
Jean Lafitte
French pirate
French chef
French movie star
French friar
James Long
The last filibuster
The viceroy of Spain
Pirate who took over Galveston Island
Conquistador who defeated the Aztec Empire
Christopher Columbus
Discovered North and South America for the Spanish
Shipwrecked attempting to establish a colony in Lousiana. Killed by his own men.
Defeated the Aztec Empire
Created the first map of Texas.
Coronado
Searched for the seven cities of Cibola (gold and silver)
Created the first map of Texas
Shipwrecked and lived among Native Americans where he became a respected member of their society
Discovered North and South America in 1492
La Salle
French fur trader famous for his prized beaver pelts
Shipwrecked trying to find the mouth of the Mississippi River. Killed by his own men.
Mapped Texas for the first time
Was the first person to see the Rocky Mountains
Moses Austin
Dreamed of starting a settlement in Texas. Died and had to ask his son to carry on his legacy.
Parted the Red Sea so the Jews could escape from Egypt.
The first person to live in Austin, Texas.
Discovered North and South America in 1492.
Stephen F. Austin
Father of Texas
Brought 300 Anglo Americans to Texas to settle.
Carried on his father's dying wish
All the above
Martin de Leon
Mexican empresario
Portuguese empresario
Norwegian empresario
Fraudulent empesario
Green Dewitt
Settled his followers next to Stephen F. Austin
Settled his followers in El Paso
Settled his followers in New Mexico
Settled his people in Arkansas
Philip Nolan
The first filibuster in Texas
The last filibuster in Texas
Discovered North and South America in 1492
President of Texas
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