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In the 1800s, an EMPRESARIO was a person who brought settlers to an area and sold them land at low prices.

Which of these modern-day occupations is closest to an EMPRESARIO from the 1800s?

• computer programmer

• construction worker

• real estate agent

• teacher

1519 - Pineda maps the coast of Texas

1718 - "the Alamo" is established in San Antonio

1821 - Mexico wins its independence from Spain

1836 - Texas wins independence from Mexico

1845 - Texas joins the U.S. as the 28th state

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• Based on this timeline, WHEN did Mexico win independence from Spain to become its own country?

• 1519

• 1718

• 1821

• 1836

Read the passage provided, then answer the question.

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• According to the passage, what state was created by the Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824?

• Mexico

• New Mexico

• Coahuila y Tejas

• NONE of these are correct

Read the passage provided. Then answer the question.

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• According to the passage, why did the control of Texas change from the Spanish government to the Mexican government in 1821?

• because Spain sold Texas to Mexico

• because Mexico won its independence from Spain

• because Native Americans living in Texas moved away

• because land agents were bringing settlers to Texas

EMPRESARIOS OF TEXAS

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1800 - Moses Austin works with the Spanish government to settle Americans in Texas

1821 - Stephen F. Austin recruits and brings 300 American families to Texas/Mexico

1824 - Martin de Leon [a Tejano empresario] settles 200 Mexican families in South Texas

1831 - Green Dewitt, an American empresario, settles 166 families near present-day Gonzales

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• According to this timeline, which empresario brought Mexican families to Texas?

• Moses Austin

• Stephen F. Austin

• Martin de Leon

• Green DeWitt

Look at the map provided.

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• According to the map, most of the members of the "Long Expedition" came from -

• Mexico

• Canada

• United States

The word anglo means "a white , English-speaking person of non-Hispanic descent". During the 1820s, empresarios [land agents] brought many Anglos to Texas. As a result, the total population of Texas -

• increased

• decreased

• did not change

Spain built missions in Texas in order to -

• search for gold

• spread their religion

• train their soldiers

• conquer new lands

Look at the map provided.

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• In 1821, Stephen F. Austin established the first Anglo American colony in Texas. Based on the map provided, this colony was located in the ___ region of Texas.

• Mountains and Basins

• Great Plains

• North Central Plains

• Coastal Plains

Based on what you know about Texas, why do you think so many Mexican and American immigrants migrated to Texas in the 1820s and 1830s?

• they wanted some cheap land

• they wanted to dig for gold in the mountains of West Texas

• they wanted to spread their culture to local natives

• they wanted to hunt the buffalo