Mexican National

Question 0

Mexican federal Constitution of 1824

Answer 0

What important document governed Mexico

Question 1

What year did Mexico gain it’s independence from Spain?

7.1C

Answer 1

1821

Question 2

What two states merged into one in Mexico?

Answer 2

Texas y Coahuila

Question 3

On October 4, 1824,Mexican officials adopted the Federal Constitution of the United
States of Mexico, or the

Answer 3

Constitution of 1824

Question 4

Receives permission to found the first U. S. Colony in Texas.

Answer 4

Moses Austin

Question 5

Under this law, settlers could receive thousands of acres of land for little money and were free from paying taxes for 10 years. The laws only requirements were that settlers become Catholic and a Mexican citizens of good character.

Answer 5

Colonization Law of 1825

Question 6

Economic crisis

Answer 6

Financial panic

Question 7

Period of low economic activity

Answer 7

Depression

Question 8

Device that separates cotton fibers from seeds

Answer 8

Cotton gin

Question 9

Legal document proving ownership

Answer 9

land title

Question 10

Promoted settlements in Texas

Answer 10

empresarios

Question 11

Why could Austin not find the “Lively” when he reached the Colorado River?

Answer 11

The “Lively’s” crew had accidentally landed on the Brazos River

Question 12

What personal qualities made Stephen F. Austin an effective leader?

Answer 12

Austin was quiet, soft spoken, able to get along with any different people, trustworthy, driven, and determined.

Question 13

Explain why the fees Stephen F Austin charged colonists for his services was attractive to people in the US.

Answer 13

12.5 cents/acre - US $1.25

Austin accepted goods as payment or allow settlers to pay off the fees over time.

Question 14

What geographic features made the Gulf Coast Plain a good site for Austin’s colony?

Answer 14

Mild climate, fertile soil, water, plenty of timber and wild game, and was near the coast, where settlers and supplies could arrive by ship

Question 15

Who was appointed to issue land titles in Austin’s first colony?

Answer 15

Baron de Bastrop

Question 16

To bring order to his first Texas colony, Austin set up a headquarters near
present-day

Answer 16

Le Grange

Question 17

Most of the Old Three Hundred came from the United States, particularly

Answer 17

Louisiana

Question 18

What role did Gail Borden Jr., Thomas Borden, and Joseph Baker play in
San Felipe de Austin?

Answer 18

They published a newspaper

Question 19

The mayor of San Antonio when Stephen F. Austin first arrived there - later helped write the Constitution of 1824

Answer 19

Erasmo Seguin

Question 20

In 1824 who was the only empresario to found a Texas colony of primarily Mexican settlers? His colony was along the lower Guadalupe River. The colony became an important ranchingcenter.

Answer 20

Martin de Leon

Question 21

The capital of Coahuila y Texas was

Answer 21

Saltillo

Question 22

Name for the families and single men that made up the settlers in Austin’s first Texas colony.

Answer 22

Old Three Hundred

Question 23

Businesspeople who promoted settlement

in Texas

Answer 23

empresarios

Question 24

In 1825 he received a grant to settle 400 families in Texas. The colony was located in the Gulf Coast Plain and the Post Oak Belt.More than 525 people lived in Gonzales, the colony’s main town, by 1831. Most successful following Austin.

Answer 24

Green Dewitt

Question 25

Heads of households would receive ___ acres of
land. A married man could claim another ___ acres, plus ___ acres for each child. Slaveholders could claim __ acres per slave.

Answer 25

640
320
160
80

Question 26

The law governor Martinez passed under which Austin’s grant was secure. He would receive about 100,000 acres once he had settled 300 families.
He also received permission to set up a local government.

Answer 26

Imperial Colonization Law

Question 27

Settlements in Austin’s colony were closest

to what two rivers.

Answer 27

Brazos and the Colorado