Ch 8 Test Review Helper 2024

Front

After Moses Austin's death, Who carried out the plans for the "Texas Venture"?

Back

Stephen F. Austin

Front

Martin de Leon's colony was given special preference over neighboring colonies in border disputes, why?

Back

He was a native Mexican

Front

His colony was the second most successful Anglo American colony in Texas.

Back

Green Dewitt

Front

Stephen F. Austin knew that water was important for the location of his new colony, why?

Back

Water allowed farmers to grow cotton and other crops

Front

One reason some early settlers come to Texas was...? Options: to escape slavery, Spain/Mexico, offered large cash payments to new settlers, to escape debts they owed in the United States, to escape being drafted into the American military

Back

to escape debts they owed in the United States

Front

What was a requirement of the 1824 Mexican colonization law for settlers coming to Texas?

Back

Settlers had to be willing to become permanent Mexican citizens to receive land

Front

Most African Americans came to live in the early Texas settlements, because of opportunites not found in the United States?

Back

False

Answer explanation

Most African Americans came to Texas as enslaved peoples of Southern farmers

Front

Why did Stephen Austin advertise in Southern newspapers to attract settlers to Texas?

Back

He wanted Southerns that would be fmiliar with the climate and growing conditions of the South.

Front

What happened on the first voyage of the Lively while transporting colonists to Texas?

Back

The ship was blown off course and most colonists never met up with Austin.

Front

What action did Stephen F. Austin take while waiting in Mexico City that later benefited him and his colony?

Back

He learned Spanish and gained an understanding of Mexican culture.