MEX. AMER. HISTORY EXAM 5

Question 1

WHAT REQUIREMENTS DID ANGLO AMERICANS HAVE TO FULFILL TO ACQUIRE LAND UNDER MEXICAN IMMIGRATION LAWS?

Answer 1

1) BECOME MEXICAN CITIZENS
2) OBEY MEXICAN LAWS
3) BECOME CATHOLIC

Question 2

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN’S FIRST 300 COLONISTS ARE KNOWN BY WHAT NAME IN TEXAS HISTORY?

Answer 2

THE OLD THREE HUNDRED

Question 3

WHAT MEXICAN LEGISLATION RESULTED BECAUSE OF MIER Y TERAN’S INSPECTION REPORT ON TEXAS?

Answer 3

THE LAW OF APRIL 6TH, 1830

Question 4

WHICH TEJANO SOLDIER WHO FOUGHT WITH THE TEXANS IS KNOWN AS THE “PAUL REVERE” OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION?

Answer 4

PLACIDO BENAVIDES

Question 5

WHO WAS THE MEXICAN EMPRESARIO THAT FOUNDED THE COLONY OF GUADALUPE VICTORIA?

Answer 5

MARTIN DE LEON

Question 6

WHO WERE THE TWO TEJANOS AND MEXICAN POLITICIAN WHO ATTENDED THE CONVENTION OF 1836 AT WASHINGTON ON THE BRAZOS?

Answer 6

1) JOSE ANTONIO NAVARRO
2) JOSE FRANCISO RUIZ
3) LORENZO DE ZAVALA

Question 7

DEFINE AN EMPRESARIO

Answer 7

A PERSON WHO WAS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TO BRING IN COLONISTS TO SETTLE IN TEXAS IN THE 1800’s

Question 8

WHO WAS THE TEJANO SOLDIER THAT DIED FIGHTING IN THE ALAMO WHILE HIS BROTHER FOUGHT WITH GENERAL SANTA ANNA’S ARMY AT THAT BATTLE?

Answer 8

GREGORIO ESPARZA

Question 9

WHAT SIGNIFICANT ROLE DID TEJANOS PLAY DURING THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION?

Answer 9

THEY PROVIDED CARE TO THOSE THAT WERE FIGHTING

Question 10

WHICH TEJANO CAPTAIN PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE TEXAS REVOLUTION AND COMMANDED AN TEJANO COMPANY AT THE BATTLE OF JACINTO?

Answer 10

JUAN SEGUIN

Question 11

EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO

Answer 11

IT MARKED THE TEXAN VICTORY AGAINST MEXICAN FORCES AND SEVERED TEXAS FROM MEXICO

Question 12

WHO WAS THE MEXICAN DICTATOR WHO MARCHED AN ARMY OF OVER 5 THOUSAND MEN TO TEXAS TO END THE REVOLUTION?

Answer 12

SANTA ANNA

Question 13

WHO WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE TEXAN FORCES WHO DEFEATED THE SANTA ANNA’S ARMY AT THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO, RESULTING IN TEXAS WINNING ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM MEXICO.

Answer 13

SAM HOUSTON

Question 14

WHO WAS THE TEXAS COMMANDER DEFEATED AT THE BATTLE OF COLETO CREEK ON MARCH 19TH-20TH 1836, AND WHOSE MEN SANTA ANNA ORDERED EXECUTED ON MARCH 27TH, 1836? THIS EVENT IS KNOWN IN HISTORY AS THE GOLIAD MASSACRE.

Answer 14

JAMES FANNIN

Question 15

FOLLOWING THE TEXAS REVOLUTION, HOW DID MOST ANGLO PERCEIVE THE TEJANO POPULATION?

Answer 15

MOST ANGOL HATED EVERYTHING MEXICAN

Question 16

WHAT CHANGES DID THE TEJANO ENDURE AFTER THE TEXAS REVOLUTION?

Answer 16

THEY WERE REDUCED TO SECOND-CLASS SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC STATUS

Question 17

WHAT ROLE DID TEJANOS PLAY DURING THE SIEGE OF BEXAR?

Answer 17

BY FIGHTING ALONGSIDE TEXIAN FORCES AGAINST THE MEXICANS

Question 18

HOW DID TEXAS INDEPENDENCE AFFECT TEXAN LANDOWNERS?

Answer 18

BY SECURING LAND TITLES AND ALLOWING THEM TO MAINTAIN PROPERTY OWNERSHIP UNDER THE NEW REPUBLIC OF TEXAS

Question 19

WHAT DOES THE CONTRIBUTION OF BOTH ANGLO AND TEJANO COMBATANTS AT THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO TELL US ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT BATTLE?

Answer 19

HIGHLIGHTS THE COMPLEX NATURE OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION