HIST 2301 Chapter 4 Review
While Texas under Mexican law 4,428 acres of land in Texas probably cost less than
$150
The empresario Martin de Leon
- recieved grant of land and founded the town of Guadalupe Victoria - Was a mexican citizen - had troubles with both the Comananche Indians and the settlers of DeWitt's colony
When Benjamin Edwards and his men rode into Nacadoches and declared the Republic of Fredonia
- troops from San Antonio marched to attack them -Anglo-americans and the resident Cherokee Indians refused to support them -a militia from Austin's colony was sent to Nacadoches
By 1828, the empresario Stephen Austin had agreed to settle _____ families on his land
1,200
In spite of the efforts in Mexican law and policy to discourage slavery, _______ percent of the inhabitants of Texas were slaves
10 %
Most settler families in Austins colony received at least a sitio of land or
4,400 acres
While Mexico controlled the area of Texas, the population growth was highest among the
Anglo-Americans
General Manuel Mier y Teran was sent to survey easter Texas and determine where forts should be placed. He was disturbed by all the following EXCEPT that the
Anglo-Americans were plotting the overthrow of Mexico
While the style of government changed frequently in Mexico, the first emperor was
Augustin I
The federalist won the argument over how Mexico should be governed with the Constitution of 1824. All of the following were factors in that document EXCEPT
Clauses similar to the first ten amendment of the U.S constitution were incorporated
In 1828, Mexican president Pegraza was deposed by Guerrero who was replaced by Bustamante. What was the significance of Bustamante's sucessful coup
Mexicio would become a military dictatorship
What was the significance of the Fredonian Rebellion
Mexico became increasingly suspicous of all Anglo-Americans
Why did Mexico fear Anglo-Americans after the Fredonian Rebellion
Mexico believed the Anglo-Americans intended to join Texas to the United States
Austin arrived to establish his colony only to find that
Mexico has won their independance from Spain and his contract might be invalid
All of the following were requriments for receiving land in Austins colony Except
Settlers must pay all duties on imports immediately after they occupied their lands
Why was Stephen Austin the only person to receive a grant under the Imperial Colonization Law
The law was repealed soon after Austin received his grant
All of the following competed for power within the new country of Mexico, EXCEPT
a group of the very poor, the pobres, who desired a pure democracy
President Bustamanted Mexico changed the rules of immigration into Texas once again
all expresario contracts were suspended and settlers ordered to leave Texas
The Fredonian Rebellion began as
an argument over whether those who had occupied their lands for many years had to pay the new empresario for those lands
After the empire of Iturbide collapsed, the wealthy hacendados, the caudillos, and clergy advocated this form of government
centralist with the power at the center
All of the following are TRUE about daily life in Mexican Texas EXCEPT
children recieved only a few years of formal education
The National Colonization Law of August 18, 1824 decreed that
foreigners were not to settle within ten leagues of the coast or twenty leagues of the international border
Benjamin Lundy spent years trying to obtain a grant of land in Texas to create a settlement for
free blacks
Why was Stephen F. Austin concerned about the validity of his land grant
it had been granted by Spain, not Mexico
The legislature of the combined state of Coahulia and Texas passed a law in 1825 governing settlement there. It included all of the following EXCEPT
settlers were not permitted to bring slaves into the state
After the Mexican Revolution, when Mexico claimed the area of Texas, its greates fear about Texas was that
the Texans would revolt and join Texas to the United States
Why weren't general Manuel Mier Y Teran's reccomendations carried out immediately
the presidency in Mexico changed hands three times in that same year
As a result of the New Mexican Constitution of 1824
the two Spanish provinces of Texas and Coahuilia became a single state within Mexico
Why did so many Anglo-Americans come to Texas in the 1820's and 1830's
they came because of the availability of free or cheap land in Texas
Mexican polices with regard to slavery in Texas changed frequently with the result that all following were included in those policies except
under the constitution of 1824, all settlers were oredered to immediately free all of their slaves
