WorksheetsThe Empresario System_ET_Day 1
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is significant about the date 1821?
San Antonio was founded
Mexico became independent from Spain
LaSalle established Fort St. Louis
Texas became independent
Which country granted land agents - empresarios - land grants (contracts) to settle families in TX?
Spain
Mexico
France
America
Under the Mexican Constitution of 1824, which of the following becomes the national religion of Mexico?
Catholicism
Buddhism
Methodism
Presbytarian
Which empresario is the 1st to settle families in TX?
Moses Austin
Stephen F. Austin
Martin de Leon
Green Dewitt
Who is known as the "Father of Texas?"
Stephen F. Austin
Erasmo Seguin
Moses Austin
Green Dewitt
What is an empresario?
land agent who brings new settlers to a colony
one of the first people to do something in a new area
person who builds a home in a new area
cultural blending of Spanish and American traditions in Texas
What is a land grant?
state-sponsored settlement of people to new territories
the physical arrangement observed by looking at where people live
an area of land given to people by the government
the industry of growing crops or raising livestock, also known as farming
During the 1820s, the population of Texas (a) when a group of people called (b) brought new Anglo settlers to Texas and sold them land grants. The most successful one was (c) who led a group called (d) and founded a colony capital called San Felipe on the Brazos River.
Match the following attributes to the actions of an empresario:
It took a lot of effort to gather colonists and to organize a colony.
Hard-working
Most of the colonists were coming from the United States and many of them sent letters to an empresario asking for information about the colony.
Can read and write English
If an empresario needed to communicate with the Mexican government but could not travel to the capital, he would have to write a letter.
Can read, write, and speak Spanish
An empresario who refused to obey the laws could have his contract canceled.
Follows the law
The federal and state governments were far away and required empresarios like Austin to travel to them.
Willing to travel long distances
Austin's First Colony 1823 was in ?
Coastal Plains
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Mountains & Basins
What was the purpose of land grants in Texas during the 19th century?
To reward military service
To encourage settlement and development
To establish trade posts
To create wildlife reserves
Mexican and Anglo Settlement of Texas
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Both of these goups followed (a) to Texas and caused the population of the area to (b) during the 1820s and 1830s.
