Empresario Flash Cards

Question 1

Stephan f Austin

Answer 1

Between Colorado River and brazos River

San filepe de Austin

Question 2

Green de Witt

Answer 2

West of Austin’s colony

Gonzalez

Question 3

Martin de León

Answer 3

South of Dewitt along the Guadalupe River near the coast

Victoria

Question 4

Bwer and hewetson

Answer 4

South of de León along the gulf coast

Refugio

Question 5

Mcmullen and mcgloin

Answer 5

Along the gulf coast

San Patricio

Question 6

Spanish settlement in Texas

Purpose

Answer 6

Secure Spanish control in the new world
Gold, silver, and resources
Lay claim to Texas against France and the us
Spread Spanish culture

Question 7

Spanish settlement in Texas

Method

Answer 7

Colonization
Resettlement of Spanish colonists (ex canary islanders)
Missions, settlements in north Mexico
Spanish culture

Question 8

Mexican settlement in Texas

Purpose

Answer 8

Increase population in north Mexico
Economic opportunity- ranches and small businesses
Spread Mexican culture, language, Roman Catholic faith

Question 9

Mexican settlement is Texas

Method

Answer 9

Empresario grants
Supporting towns already in the area
A constitution republic
Encouraged Mexicans to more to and settle northern Texas
Spread culture

Question 10

Anglo settlement in Texas

Purpose

Answer 10

Escape debt
New start for colonists
Increase population in Texas
Economic opportunities- large farms to grow cash crops, small businesses
Opportunity to own land

Question 11

Anglo settlement in Texas

Method

Answer 11

Empresario grants
Settled in northern mx
National colonization law
A government similar to the us government
Live as Americans in Mexico