Unit 5 Test - Spanish Colonial Era and Mexican Independence

Match the following frontier institution with its picture

• Mission

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• Presidio

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• Settlement

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The Spanish used three frontier institutions to settle Northern Mexico and Texas. First, they established a ​ (a)   with the purpose of ​ (b)   Native Americans to Christianity. Second, they built a ​ (c)   to protect the mission and mission Indians. Last, ​ (d)   were established to provide food, supplies, and a place for families to live.

• mission
• converting
• presidio
• settlements
• roads
• vaqueros
• militia
• castle
• rivers
• army

Where did the Spanish build their FIRST missions in Texas?

• West Texas

• South/Central Texas

• East Texas

WHY did the Spanish choose to build their first missions in East Texas?

• The natives seemed interested in Christianity

• That is where they found the 7 Cities of Cibola

• The natives had been asking to be converted to Christianity

• The Spanish did not make their first missions in East Texas

Where were the MAJORITY of missions located in Texas?

• West Texas

• South/Central Texas

• East Texas

Why did the Spanish stop building missions in Texas?

• Peace between Spain and France in Europe

• The American Revolution

• The collapse of the Spanish Empire

• The start of the Mexican Empire

Order the following Spanish social classes from the MOST powerful to the LEAST powerful

• Slaves

• Mestizos/Mulattos

• Indians

• Criollos

• Peninsulares

The ​ (a)   social class began the Mexican War of Independence because it wanted ​ (b)   .

• Criollo
• more political power
• Indians
• Peninsulares
• Mestizos
• Slaves
• less political power
• to become king
• to enslave mestizos
• to fight Native Americans

The Plan of Iguala included equality for which 2 Spanish social classes?

• Peninsulares/Criollos

• Criollos/Mestizos

• Peninsulares/Mestizos

• Criollos/Mestizos

The ​ (a)   ended the Mexican War of Independence after ​ (b)   years of fighting. It established that ​ Texas was part of ​ (c)   and not the ​ (d)   .

• Treaty of Cordoba
• 11
• Mexico
• Spanish Empire
• Treaty of Versailles
• 15
• the United States
• the British Empire
• 13
• Treaty of Mexico