Answer:
1) Martin De Leon is best known for
C) being the only Mexican empresario to found a colony in Texas.
2) Where was the first established colonial town in Texas?
B) Canary Islands in San Antonio
3) Who was the first man to obtain permission to bring Anglo-American settlers into Spanish Texas?
A) Moses Austin
4) Who is often called the "father of Texas" for bringing American settlers into the Mexican province of Tejas and eventually helping lead Texas to independence from Mexico?
D) Stephen F. Austin
5) As a result of the State Colonization Law of 1825, who received the right to land grants in Texas?
D) Stephen F. Austin
6) Which person could rightfully be called the "Grandfather of Texas"?
A) Moses Austin
7) Which of these was a restriction placed on Anglo-American settlers in Texas by the Mexican government in the 1820s?
C) Anglo-American settlers were required to be Roman Catholic by the Mexican government.
8) In Texas history, an empresario could BEST be described as
A) a settler who agreed to come Texas in and settle rural areas.
9) Stephen Austin is known for being a
D) good leader in the sense that he brought peace and security to Texas with a smooth colonial transition.
10) In Texas history, Green DeWitt is BEST known as
C) an empresario.
1- The correct answer is C. Martin De Leon was the only Mexican empresario that founded a colony in Texas. Along his wife Patricia De la Garza he owned the De Leon's Colony, widely known for being the only Mexican colony in Texas, as all the others were from American ranchers.
2- The correct answer is D. The first colonial town in Texas was established in the land between the Rio Grande and Nueces river, near of today's El Paso.
3- The correct answer is A. Moses Austin was the first American to be granted permission to establish an Anglo-American settlement in Spanish Texas.
4- The correct answer is D. Stephen Fuller Austin was an American businessman born in Virginia and raised in southeastern Missouri, known as the Father of Texas, he brought hundreds of families from the United States to the region. He worked with the Mexican government to support immigration from the United States.
5- The correct answer is D. Stephen Austin received the right to land grants in Texas after the Mexican government passed the State Colonization Law, in 1825. The law made an invitation to foreigners to be part of the territory of the state of Coahuila and Texas as long as they complied with the provisions of the federal and state constitutions of Mexico.
6- The correct answer is A. Moses Austin could be called the "Grandfather of Texas", as he is the father of Stephen Austin, who is called as "The Father of Texas".
7- The correct answer is C. Anglo-American settlers were required to be Roman Catholic by the Mexican government. The law made an invitation to foreigners to be part of the territory of the state of Coahuila and Texas as long as they complied with the provisions of the federal and state constitutions and submitted to the Catholic religion.
8- The correct answer is A. In Texas, an empresario was a person who had been granted the right to settle on land in exchange for the recruitment of other settlers to develop agriculture in the area and take responsibility for settling in the eastern areas of Coahuila and Texas in the early nineteenth century.
9- The correct answer is B. Stephen Austin was very active in promoting trade and collaboration with the Mexican authorities, including helping them with militias to suppress Haden Edwards' Fredonia Rebellion, which is considered by some historians to be the seed of the Texas Revolution.
10- The correct answer is C. Green DeWitt was an entrepreneur in Mexican Texas. He founded the DeWitt Colony, one of the most successful Anglo-American colonies.
