WorksheetsExploration, Settlements, & Struggle
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
Alonso Álvarez de Piñeda is best known for what?
Discovering the Americas
Conquering the Aztec Empire in Mexico
Mapping the Texas coast
Discovering gold in Mexico
The Spanish settled in Texas to establish missions and convert Native Americans, while the Mexican government wanted to promote ________and strengthen control over the region.
economic opportunity
colonization
trade
communism
Which of the following statements BEST describe the Mexican National era?
Select TWO correct answers.
Stephen F. Austin worked as an empresario to increase settlement in Texas.
U.S. forces captured Mexico City during the U.S.- Mexican War.
Mexico won its independence from the Spanish in 1821.
The Constitution of 1824 created a representative government and merged Texas with Coahuila.
Stephen F. Austin and the 300 colonists settled along the Brazos River in January 1822. Almost immediately, there was trouble. The settlers from America did not agree with many of the Mexican laws. They found them to be unfair and unreasonable. The Mexican government was not very happy with the settlers either. Austin traveled to Mexico City to talk to the government. Initially, he was successful. He convinced the Mexican government to allow the settlement to continue. But, he did not convince them to change the unfair laws.
Which word BEST describes the relationship between the American settlers and the Mexican government in Texas during the 1820s?
conflicted
amicable
distant
undisturbed
Anglo settlers primarily came to Texas for _________ & to gail large areas of land.
colonization
economic opportunities
vibes & baddies
trade
In the Town of Nacogdoches 11th day of February, 1835. Before me, Citizen Radford Berry, sole constitutional alcalde of this town and this municipality and the witnesses of my assistance, the stranger Thomas J. Rusk, who I declare, acknowledge and accredit to be originally of the United States of the North America; of the Christian religion; 29 years of age; a married man with family, by profession a laborer and stock raiser, and that he wished to establish himself under a wise and just Government, and which offers the protection of mild and just laws, to the industrious and respectable citizen, and induced by the invitation held out to foreigners, friendly to the country, and who wish to settle, to come and establish themselves. And to this end I administered the oath to obey, sustain and defend the laws, general as well as of the State....
The document above outlines the requirements for —
Americans to become Texas Revolutionaries
Mexican citizens to immigrate to the U.S.
Americans to become Mexican citizens
Mexican officials to become citizens of Texas
What was the main reason Spain decided to build settlements in Texas?
To control the Mississippi River
To block the French from controlling Texas
To store any gold that was found
To make peace with the Native Americans
Which of the following is the BEST title for the chart?
-gave Texans certain rights
-Santa Anna ignored these rights
-led to war and Texas independence
Constitution of the Republic of Texas
Constitution of the United States
Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824
Texas State Constitution
What was the primary method of settling Texas for the Spaniards?
Establishment of better control over the territory
Establishment of farms & ranches
Establishment of missions & presidios
Reconquista
Hernán Cortés is best known for what?
Exploring the American Southwest
Mapping the Texas coastline
Capturing the Aztec Empire in Mexico
Exploring Texas & living among the Karankawa
Which was the primary method of settlement for the Anglos?
Establishment of better control over the territory
Establishment of farms & ranches
Establishment of missions & presidios
Establishment of temples and monastaries
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado is best known for what?
Exploring the American Southwest
Mapping the Texas Coastline
Capturing the Aztec Empire in Mexico
Exploring Texas & living among the Karankawa
What was the primary method of settlement for the Mexicans
Establishment of better control over the territory
Establishment of farms & ranches
Establishment of missions & presidios
Building 67 monuments
How did Spanish & Anglo settlements contrast from one another?
The Spanish settlements were usually built around missions & presidios, which were like forts. Small towns grew around these areas mostly used for trade, government work, & missionary efforts.
Anglos applied for land grants from empresarios for the opportunity to own land they otherwise wouldn't be able to afford in the United States.
The Anglos built large towns, worked on big farms or ranches.
Anglos brought their extended family with them to live in permanent houses.
What is the name of the fabled city of gold that Coronado was searching for?
El Dorado
Las Vegas
Cibola
Schlitterbahn
Tenochtitlan was completely destroyed by Hernán Cortés and his men, and they built _______ ontop of its ruins.
San Antonio
Mexico City
El Paso del Norte
LajitasTenocjh
What year did Christopher Columbus discover the Americas?
1067
1492
1967
1767
Who was the first French explorer to enter Texas?
King Louis XIV
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Zinédine Zidane
