Unit 4 quiz

Question 1

He is known as the Grandfather of Texas.

Answer 1

Moses Austin

Question 2

He is known as the Father of Texas.

Answer 2

Stephen F. Austin

Question 3

An American empresario who settled 166 families and founded the town of Gonzalez.

Answer 3

Green DeWitt

Question 4

A Mexican empresario who settled 200 Mexican families and founded the town of Victoria.

Answer 4

Martin De Leon

Question 5

He inspected for the king and recommended that all missions be abandoned except San Antonio and Goliad.

Answer 5

Marques de Rubi

Question 6

He aided the U.S. in the American Revolution.

Answer 6

Bernardo de Galvez

Question 7

The U.S purchases Louisiana territory from France.

Answer 7

Louisiana Purchase

Question 8

The area that the U.S and Spain agreed not to lay hands on.

Answer 8

Neutral Ground

Question 9

The treaty that ended the Neutral Ground.

Answer 9

Adam Onis Treaty

Question 10

People who go to another country and try to take it over by waging war.

Answer 10

Filibusters

Question 11

The first filibuster in Texas.

Answer 11

Philip Nolan

Question 12

When was the Mexican National Era?

Answer 12

1821-1836

Question 13

What were the 3 main challenges to Spanish Rule?

Answer 13

1. Spain was too far away to help citizens in New Spain
2. The Spanish King forced colonists to pay heavy taxes and he took money from churches
3. Colonists were excluded from the best jobs

Question 14

“A Cry of Pain”

Answer 14

Grito De Delores

Question 15

He called for Mexican citizens to fight for independence against Spain.

Answer 15

Father Miguel Hidalgo

Question 16

What is Father Miguel Hidalgo known as?

Answer 16

The Father of Mexican Independence

Question 17

The journey that Jose Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara took to the U.S. to find help in the war against Spain.

Answer 17

The Gutierrez-Magee Expedition

Question 18

Jose Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara and ___________ created the Republican Army Of The North.

Answer 18

Augustus Magee

Question 19

What settlements did the Republican Army of The North Capture and then Declare Texas independent from Spain?

Answer 19

1. Nacogdoches
2. Goliad
3. San Antonio

Question 20

What was the Battle of Medina known as?

Answer 20

“The bloodiest battle in Texas history.”

Question 21

Who reined victorious at the Battle of Medina?

Answer 21

Spain

Question 22

What happened to Texas after the Battle of Medina?

Answer 22

Texas stayed under Spanish control for another 7 years

Question 23

Why was Galveston a good location for a base of operations?

Answer 23

It was in a remote location.

Question 24

What was Jean Lafitte interested about in Galveston?

Answer 24

Valubule Spanish cargo

Question 25

Who was the last filibuster in Texas?

Answer 25

Dr. James Long

Question 26

What were the three parts of Plan de Iguala?

Answer 26

1. Declare Mexico as independent from Spain.
2. Mexican people would have equal rights
3. Catholicism would be the official religion of Mexico

Question 27

The year that the Treaty of Cordoba was signed, declaring Mexico independent from Spain.

Answer 27

August 21, 1821

Question 28

The effects of the Treaty of Cordoba.

Answer 28

1. Spain is no longer in control of Mexico
2. Texas became part of a free Mexico

Question 29

1821

Answer 29

Mexico gets independence

Question 30

1824

Answer 30

Mexico writes their constitution

Question 31

Believed in a weak central government that shares power with states.

Answer 31

Federalist

Question 32

Believed in a central government that was stronger than the states.

Answer 32

Centralist

Question 33

What were the terms of the Mexican Constitution of 1824?

Answer 33

1. Federal Republic
2. Catholicism is the official religion
3. Divided Mexico into 19 states and 4 territories
4. Created the state of Coahuila y Tejas

Question 34

Land agents that helped recruit and bring in settlers to an area.

Answer 34

empresarios

Question 35

What area did Stephen F. Austin pick for his settlement?

Answer 35

An area between the Brazos and Colorado Rivers

Question 36

What was the main city in Stephen F. Austin’s colony?

Answer 36

San Felipe de Austin

Question 37

Why did Stephen F. Austin choose the area between the Brazos and Colorado Rivers?

Answer 37

The area had rich soil, access to water, and a warm climate.

Question 38

The nickname for the first 300 families from the U.S. that settled in Stephen F. Austin’s colony.

Answer 38

The “Old Three Hundred”

Question 39

White settlers from America.

Answer 39

Anglo settlers

Question 40

What were the requirements to be accepted into Stephen F. Austin’s colony?

Answer 40

1. Must convert to catholicism
2. Must become a Spanish/Mexican citizen
3. Must be of good, moral character

Question 41

What does GTT mean?

Answer 41

Gone To Texas

Question 42

Why did people want to settle in Stephen F. Austin’s’ colony?

Answer 42

To escape debt, cheap land, or for an adventure.

Question 43

What was the main problem with Stephen’s colony?

Answer 43

There were too many slaves

Question 44

About how much of Stephen’s colony was enslaved?

Answer 44

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