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- 1. Multiple Choice
How did colonists meet their needs for water?
They put in sprinklers
They dug wells
They built settlements near rivers.
They used juice instead.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who is considered the father of Texas?
Stephen F. Austin
Martin de Leon
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Green DeWitt
- 3. Multiple Choice
The empresario who first had the idea to colonize Texas was, but died before fulfilling his grant?
Haden Edwards
Stephen F. Austin
Moses Austin
Baron de Bastrop
- 4. Multiple Choice
_________ took over the first Anglo colony in Texas following the death of his father.
Haden Edwards
Stephen F. Austin
Moses Austin
Baron de Bastrop
- 5. Multiple Choice
Stephen F. Austin’s original colonists were called ____.
The Old 300
Austin's Assembly
The Old 400
The Original 300
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why is the year 1821 important to Texas and Mexican History?
Mexico gained its independence from U.S.
Texas gained its independence from Mexico
Mexico gained its independence from Spain
Texas gained its independence from U.S.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Definition of Empresario
the industry of growing crops or raising livestock, also known as farming
the unique cultural blending of Spanish and American traditions in Texas
an agent who makes all the arrangements to bring settlers to a colony.
- 8. Multiple Choice
What allowed empresarios like Stephen F. Austin to attract colonists to Texas?
good land at low prices
paying for their moving expenses
religious freedom
promising them riches in Texas
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why did many Americans move to Texas after Mexico gained Independence from Spain?
Mexico promised colonists that one day they would be free
Mexico established a large army
Mexico created a government like the one in the United States
Mexico attracted people to the area who were already Catholic
- 10. Multiple Choice
One way that settlers to Austin's colony modified the environment was by --
drilling for oil
farming the land
building a series of windmills
constructing a dam on the Brazos River
- 11. Multiple Choice
Settlers left the United States and moved to Texas in search of
Freedom
Gold
Cheap land and a fresh start
Oil
- 12. Multiple Choice
Empresarios came from the following places to settle Texas:
Mexico
United States
Germany
All of the above
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