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The law was repealed soon after Austin received his grant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