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Mexican Texas, 1821-1835

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Although he arrived in Texas in 1821, Austin’s continuation of his father’s empresario project required that he travel to Mexico City to secure the authorization of:

a)

New Spain’s royal administrators

b)

Texan Governor Martinez

c)

Mexico’s “supreme government”

d)

 US envoy to Mexico, James Wilkinson

2.

Spanish land agents authorized to promote migration into Texas were called ____________.

a)

Colonizers

b)

Empresarios

c)

Settlers

d)

Realtors

3.

Although pacified with little violence in January 1827, the _____________ rebellion near Nacogdoches raised concerns that some Anglo American settlers would not remain loyal to Mexican authority.

a)

Fredonian

b)

Free Mason

c)

Spanish

d)

Comanche

4.

By 1830, approximately ____________ Anglo-American settlers resided in Mexican Texas largely engaged in cotton production.

a)

100

b)

1,000

c)

10,000

d)

100,000

5.

The Law of April 6, 1830 restricted ____________ into Texas, provoking an outcry among Anglo-American residents

a)

Immigration from Mexico

b)

Immigration from Spain

c)

Goods being sent

d)

Immigration from the United States

6.

The Anglo-American colonists in session at the Convention of 1833 included this famed Tennessee politician and War of 1812 veteran as a representative from Nacogdoches ______________.

a)

William Travis

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Davy Crocket

d)

Sam Houston

7.

Stephen F Austin Original contract was for how many families to be settled in Texas?

a)

100

b)

300

c)

500

d)

1000

8.

Which of the following was ***NOT **** A condition the Mexican government required for settlement in Texas

a)

Learning Spanish

b)

Converting to Catholism

c)

Becoming Mexican citizens

d)

make a pilgrimage to Mexico City

9.

Who was the only Empresario from Mexico

a)

Martin De Leon

b)

Juan Iterbide

c)

Hayden Edwards

d)

Hector Salamanca

10.

Anglos in rebellion at Anahuac issued the ___________ in 1832 expressing opposition to centralization of political authority.

a)

Turtle Bayou Resolutions

b)

The Pecan pie Resolution

c)

Anahuac Exception

d)

Come and take it Resolution