HIST 2301 Ch 1-5 unit 1 Study
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 Austin's colony received at least a sitio of land or ___________acres.
4,400
President Bustamante of Mexico changed the rules of immigration into Texas once again. The law of April 1830 contained all the following decrees EXCEPT:
All empresario contracts were suspended and settlers ordered to leave Texas.
How was Colonel José Antonio Mexia convinced that Texans were not ready to revolt against Mexico?
All of the above.
The Law of April 1830 contained all the following provisions regulating Texas EXCEPT:
All trade within Texas and between Texas and the rest of Mexico was banned.
While the style of government changed frequently in Mexico, the first emperor was
Augustin I (Iturbide).
The early Roman Catholic missions in Texas served all the following purposesEXCEPT
They served as forts for the armies of Mexico.
What led Indian tribes like the Tonkawas and Apaches to ask that missionaries and soldiers be sent to them?
They wanted protection against other Indian tribes.
In 1813, Joaquín de Arredondo and a force of 1,830 troops defeated the rebels in Texas. All the following punishments awaited the rebels EXCEPT:
They were sent to Mexico City for trial.
Who paid the expenses of a mission?
Ultimately the king paid for the missions and paid the priests.
Mexican policies with regard to slavery in Texas changed frequently with the result that all the following were included in those policies EXCEPT:
Under the Constitution of 1824, all settlers were ordered to immediately free all their slaves.
Colonel Juan Davis Bradburn, the military commander at Anahuac, created problems among the settlers in Texas because he
all of the above.
During Stephen Austin's meeting with Santa Anna, the president of Mexico
all of the above.
The Mexican government was suspicious that Anglo-Americans were disloyal to Mexico because
all of the above.
Ordinary soldiers in Texas
all the above
The Spanish explored the world to
all the above.
Which of the following groups were among the "Tories" who supported the Mexican government and did not want a revolution against Mexico?
all those above
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.
The settlement in Béxar was governed by
an ayuntamiento or council elected by the landowners
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.
In 1831, Colonel Bradburn ordered the arrest of William Travis and Patrick Jack because they
had been sending him messages about an armed force coming to free the runaway slaves.
The Alamo (Mission San Antonio de Valero) was originally established as a
half-way point and resting place for those serving the missions and presidios in East Texas.
Which of these words means a European-born Spaniard?
peninsulare
Instead of the Seven Cities of Gold, Coronado found
pueblo dwellings filled with hostile Indians
Various committees of correspondence were formed in Texas in 1835. It was their desire to
secure peace on constitutional terms if possible or to prepare for war if peace was not possible.
There were many cultural differences between the immigrant Anglo-Americans and the Mexicans who ruled them. The MOST IMPORTANT of these differences was that
the Anglo-Americans were violently adverse to the subordination of civil authority to military authority.
Important decisions of the viceroy in New Spain had to be presented to
the King of Spain
Santa Anna first came to power as president in Mexico
with promises to reduce the power of the military and the Roman Catholic Church.
While people have inhabited the area of Texas for more than 12,000 years, Europeans and Africans arrived in the
1500s
Texas officially became the distinctive shape we see today in this year.
1850
Modern Texas encloses ___________ square miles of territory.
265,000
One can travel __________miles in a straight line from north to south or east to west.
800
Who was Juan Bautista de las Casas?
A revolutionary who proclaimed himself to be the governor of Texas during the Mexican Revolution.
Our understanding of American Indian cultures before 1490 may be partially or completely incorrect because the
All of the above
The Marqués de Rubí toured Spanish possessions from California to Louisiana. Which of the following did he recommend?
All of the above
What happened to the settlers who were forced to abandon Nacogdoches?
All of the above
Why were the Spanish soldiers unable to pacify the indians?
All of the above
Which of the following explorers reached Texas as a result of a shipwreck off Galveston Island?
Cabeza de Vaca
In East Texas most natives belonged to the
Caddoan and Hasaini Families
This river does NOT flow southward into the Gulf of Mexico.
Canadian
This river flows across the Panhandle and empties into the Arkansas River.
Canadian
The early Paleoindians who inhabited the High Plains, or Llano Estacado, are generally designated as the
Clovis people.
Which of the following was NOT common religious practice among the Native-American cultures?
Different groups of Native-Americans would come together to perform ghost dances.
The Piney Woods are located in
East Texas.
The first permanent European settlement within the present boundaries of Texas was at Ysleta which is near
El Paso
The earliest Mexican revolutionaries of 1811 were led by
Father Hidalgo, a Roman Catholic priest.
What happened to Napoleon's attempt to renew a French empire in America?
He decided instead to sell Louisiana to the United States.
Most of the Anglo-Americans moving into the area of Texas around 1800 were
Immigrants from the American southern states
Who led the force of men who defeated Colonel Domingo de Ugartechea at Velasco?
John Austin
All of the following tribes of Indians came to Texas after Europeans arrived EXCEPT this one.
Karankawa
This group of Native-Americans had a reputation for cannibalism.
Karankawas
Once Texas became a province of New Spain, the capitol was established at
Los Adaes
The forces of Bernardo Gutiérrez and Augustus Magee led a group of Anglos, Frenchmen, and Mexican revolutionaries into Texas where they occupied all the following EXCEPT:
Matamoros
When we say that Colonel José Antonio Mexia was in command of the Santanista forces, what do we mean?
Mexia and his army supported Santa Anna.
Spanish rule ended in Texas when
Mexican revolutionary forces in central Mexico won independence from Spain.
What was the significance of the Fredonian Rebellion?
Mexico became increasingly suspicious of all Anglo-Americans.
Stephen F. Austin inherited a contract to bring settlers to Texas. Before he could bring the first settlers in, his contract was threatened by which of the following events?
Mexico defeated Spain making Texas part of the new country, Mexico.
Who received the first empresario contract to bring settlers into Texas?
Moses Austin
The river which flows into the Rio Grande is the
Pecos
Which of the following rivers does NOT help to make up a part of the border of modern Texas?
Pecos
This river originates in the mountains of New Mexico and flows southward into Texas.
Rio Grande
After the Marques de Rubi recommended their removal, more than 500 settlers were forced to relocate from Nacogdoches to
San Antonio
Spanish and Mexican heritage is particularly evident in this area.
South Texas Plain
Where did the Jumanos live?
South Texas and northern Mexico
In the Treaty of Paris of 1763, which ended the Seven Years' War in Europe, Louisiana territory was given to
Spain
Which of the following is TRUE of Native-American cultures in Texas?
The family was the basic social unit for the American Indians
Archaeologists note that around 2500 B.C., the culture of the Paleoindians changed in all the following ways EXCEPT:
They began to develop iron weapons and tools.
What happened to those who did not support the Texas Revolution?
They were criticized and held up for public ridicule.
Why did the Marques de Rubi recommend the abandonment of the East Texas settlements?
They were no longer needed as a barrier against French aggression.
The desert mountains of West Texas are said to be in the
Trans-Pecos
What is an empresario?
X All of the above a contractor/colonizing agent
What happened to the leaders of the early Texas revolutionaries like de las Casas, Gutiérez, Magee, and their others?
X Most of them returned to the United States. Most were killed
As Spanish rule ended in Texas, only three settlements remained. Which of these was not among them?
X Nacodoches Austin
Why was Spain unable to establish trading networks on the northern frontier?
X Spain was never able to control the Indians or to successfully trade with them. All of the above
Mexico's war of independence from Spain was finally ended by a successful alliance between
X the king of Spain and Augustin de Iturbide X none of the above X the revolutionaries and the United States government which agreed not to interfere.
Jean Lafitte set up a "republic" on Galveston Island in 1817. Who was he?
a pirate and slave smuggler
Early filibusterers like those led by Philip Nolan during the early nineteenth century were
bands of armed men who traded with the indians often for horses stolen from Spanish posts
The explorations of Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, along the Mississippi River caused the French king Louis XIV to
claim for France all the lands drained by the Mississippi River
Between 1833 and 1835, one of the most persistent problems within Coahuila and Texas was
corrupt land speculators receiving 400 sitios of land.
The Grito de Dolores, which began the Mexican Revolution, was a(n)
cry protest calling for revolt against the Spanish governement
The daily life of ordinary Texans was carefully regulated by laws and decrees. All the following were illegal EXCEPT:
dancing in public.
Once Europeans entered the area of Texas, warfare with the Indians was a constant. Nevertheless, the weapon that was most effective against the Indians was
disease.
The Clovis and Folsom peoples hunted
elephants and huge bison.
The 1821 Plan de Iguala declared that the new government of Mexico would possess all the following EXCEPT:
freedom of religion
While Coronado was searching as far west as Arizona, Hernando de Soto's men were exploring the area
from the Piney Woods of East Texas westward to the Brazos River
All of the following were common among the bands of Apaches and Comanches in Texas EXCEPT
greater resistance to European disease than other native groups possessed.
Which of these tasks would commonly be performed by men among the native Texans?
hunting and fishing
After Spain's three centuries of rule in Texas, the total population was
less than 5000 settlers
The region called the Cross Timbers is so named because of its
oaks and other hardwood trees.
The South Texas Plain, a triangle of land between Corpus Christi, Del Rio and San Antonio, is best known for a single product. What is it?
oil
In 1820, the ruling council in Spain reversed its former decree and
opened all Spanish dominions to any foreigners who would accept the laws of the monarchy
Those Spaniards who explored Texas in the 1500s
strengthened the Spanish claim that they owned the lands of Texas.
When petitions were sent to Mexican officials after the 1832 Convention, the response was
that meetings and conventions were a violation of Mexican law.
Most of the major rivers in Texas empty into
the Gulf of Mexico.
The Llano Basin is also known as
the Hill Country.
General James Wilkinson and General Simon Herrara agreed that the Spaniards should remain west of the Sabine and the Americans should remain east of the Arroyo Hondo. This agreement was called
the Neutral Ground Agreement
Texas is only part of the Great Plains. Three of these Texas areas are contained within the Great Plains. Which is NOT?
the Winter Garden
When outbreaks of smallpox and cholera occurred in Spanish Texas
the most common remedy was prayer
Although there were many issues that contributed to the conflict between Texas and Mexico, the basic underlying cause of the Texas Revolution was
the refusal of the Anglo-American settlers to accept Mexican rule.
A popular "conspiracy theory" holds that the Texas Revolution
was a conspiracy between United States officials and Anglo-Americans in Texas to make Texas a part of the United States.
There is evidence that slavery was one of the causes of the Texas Revolution. All of the following are TRUE about slavery in Texas during the last two years before the revolution EXCEPT:
A number of slave revolts occurred in Texas which were not suppressed by the Mexican Army.
The federalists 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 amendments of the U. S. Constitution were incorporated.
When the Spanish controlled Texas, their greatest fear for Texas was that the
French of Louisiana would move west and claim Texas.
The French explorer LaSalle brought soldiers and settlers and wandered along the Texas coast. What happened to him and to the settlements he established?
He lost all his ships, his own life, and the lives of most of his settlers.
The governor of Spanish Texas performed all the following tasks EXCEPT:
He managed the financial affairs of the churches and missions in the province.
A second convention was called in 1833. This convention did all the following EXCEPT:
It declared Texas to be independent of Mexico.
Why was Stephen F. Austin concerned about the validity of his land grant?
It had been granted by Spain, not Mexico.
What was the significance of the Chicken War?
It revealed that the Spanish did not yet have secure control of the area of Texas.
After the Mexican Revolution and the Constitution of 1824, Texans were unhappy with the newly formed government of Mexico for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
Mexican soldiers would hold most of the offices and rule Texas.
Why did Mexico fear Anglo-Americans after the Fredonian Rebellion?
Mexico believed the Anglo-Americans intended to join Texas to the United States.
In 1828, Mexican president Pegraza was deposed by Guerrero who was replaced by Bustamante. What was the significance of Bustamante's successful coup?
Mexico would become a military dictatorship.
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
Most of the inhabitants of Texas were of pure Spanish birth.
When the French settled near the Sabine River, what happened?
New Spain moved to make settlements in the area of East Texas.
Spain insisted the territory that the United States had purchased from France ended at the
Red River.
Thomas Jefferson believed that the territory of Louisiana extended to which river?
Rio Grande
Only one small area of Texas had a measure of self-government. That was in
San Fernando de Béxar
The most successful mission established in Texas was
San José y San Miguel de Aguayo
Mexico's concern over imminent rebellion in Texas in 1831 was soothed when the Texans declared their loyalty to
Santa Anna.
Many explorations were undertaken in the 1780s to open a trade route between San Antonio and
Santa Fe.
All of the following were requirements for receiving land in Austin's colony EXCEPT:
Settlers must pay all duties on imports immediately after they occupied their lands.
The legislature of the combined state of Coahuila and Texas passed a law in 1825 governing settlement there. It included all the following EXCEPT:
Settlers were not permitted to bring slaves into the state.
In 1832, a convention was called to meet at San Felipe in Texas. That convention sent petitions to Mexico asking for all the following EXCEPT:
Texans be permitted to elect the members of a new state government.
In spite of the political upheaval in Mexico City between 1833 and 1835, the state government of Coahuila and Texas made several changes desired by the Texans. Which of the items below was NOT one of those changes?
Texas was permitted to separate herself from Coahuila.
What was the importance of Texas to Spain by 1750?
Texas was unimportant except to hold territory that otherwise might be taken by the French.
For a time there was cooperation between Father Hidalgo, the Frenchman St. Denis, and the Caddo Indians. In the summer of 1719, that relationship was altered by all the following EXCEPT:
The Mexican Revolution led by Father Hidalgo began in Dolores.
The first missions established in Texas were failures. Nonetheless, all of the following were benefits of those early efforts EXCEPT:
The Spaniards learned that the Indians were ready and willing to become Christians.
If you were Santa Anna, how would you expect Mexican Texas to be ruled?
The expectation would be for Texans to obey all the laws of the Mexican government.
Stephen Austin declared that Mexico was the most liberal and munificent government on Earth. Then a few years later he led the rebellion against Mexico. What happened to change his mind?
The government in Mexico changed many times in a short period and their laws regarding Texas kept changing.
Why weren't General Manuel Mier y Terán's recommendations carried out immediately?
The presidency in Mexico changed hands three times in that same year.
All of the following are TRUE of Mission San José in San Antonio EXCEPT:
Their attempts to convert the Indians to Christianity were an almost total failure.
Why did so many Anglo-Americans come to Texas in the 1820s and 1830s?
They came because of the availability of free or cheap land in Texas.
While Texas was under Mexican law, 4,428 acres of land in Texas probably cost less than
X $50. X $1.25 an acre $150.
When Benjamin Edwards and his men rode into Nacogdoches and declared the Republic of Fredonia
X Anglo-Americans and the resident Cherokee Indians refused to support them. all of the above.
General Manuel Mier y Terán was sent to survey eastern Texas and determine where forts should be placed. He was disturbed by all the following EXCEPT that the
X Anglo-Americans were shrewd, unruly, and demanding. Anglo-Americans were plotting the overthrow of Mexico.
While Mexico controlled the area of Texas, the population growth was highest among the
X European settlers not from the United States Anglo-Americans.
Why was Stephen Austin the only person to receive a grant under the Imperial Colonization Law?
X Iturbide was deposed as emperor thereby invalidating the law The law was repealed soon after Austin received his grant.
As a result of the new Mexican Constitution of 1824
X Texas was permitted to form her own government. the two Spanish provinces of Texas and Coahuila became a single state within Mexico.
After his tour of East Texas, Terán proposed that Mexico should do all the following EXCEPT:
X encourage the Swiss and Germans to immigrate. allow the Anglo settlers to govern themselves.
Austin arrived to establish his colony only to find that
X he had been assigned land in South Texas much farther from Louisiana than he had been promised. X his colonists were at war with each other over the various land claims each had been assigned. Mexico had won her independence from Spain and his contract might be invalid.
All the following are TRUE about daily life in Mexican Texas EXCEPT:
X most families grew just enough food for themselves. X there were no improved ports for importing goods X there were no banks and little money.
The empresario Martín de León
X received a grant of land and founded the town of Guadalupe Victoria. all of the above.
After the Mexican Revolution, when Mexico claimed the area of Texas, its greatest fear about Texas was that
X the French would attack and try to reclaim Texas. the Texans would revolt and join Texas to the United States.
Santa Anna allowed his liberal vice-president Farias to run the government for a while. When Santa Anna once again took power in 1834, he was now
a conservative and an autocrat who disbanded all legislatures and ayuntmientos and reinstated the privileges of the Roman Catholic clergy.
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
The Texas Convention that met in 1832 and 1833 sent petitions to Mexico asking all the following EXCEPT:
a guarantee that slavery could continue.
The most accurate way to describe Spanish Texas in 1800 is as
a primitive, isolated, sparsely settled outpost of the Spanish Empire
The expeditions of Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, De Soto and others
caused Spain to discontinue her explorations for gold in Texas.
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
George Fisher, the customs collector under Colonel Bradburn, created problems when he
demanded that all ships leaving Texas from the Brazos River must clear through Anahuac
After the Mexican Revolution, Anglo Texans were not happy with living under the new Mexican government. They had expected the constitution of Mexico to produce a
democratic government like the United States.
In 1835 William B. Travis took a force of about 25 men to
drive away the garrison soldiers at Anahuac.
Nuevo Santander, a province of New Spain,
extended along the Gulf Coast from La Bahía south to Tampico.
