Texas History Quiz

________________________ American empresario that established a colony near what is present-day Gonzales

• Green DeWitt
• James Fannin

• Stephen F Austin

• Juan Seguin

________________________ Founded the first large Anglo colony in Texas

• Stephen F. Austin
• Green DeWitt

• George Childress

• Juan Seguin

________________________ Led expedition into East Texas due to French forces establishing settlements in the region

• Fray Damian Massanet and Alonso De Leon
• Juan Seguin

• Jack Coffee Hays

• William B Travis

________________________ Primary author of the Texas Declaration of Independence

• George Childress
• Stephen F Austin

• Jack Coffee Hays

• Green DeWitt

________________________ Texas leader who surrendered at the Battle of Coleto Creek and executed in Goliad with his soldiers

• James Fannin
• William B Travis

• Jack Coffee Hays

• Juan Seguin

________________________ Sent from the Alamo to warn Houston; fought in the Battle of San Jacinto; Tejano representative in the Senate

• Juan Seguin
• Stephen F Austin

• Green DeWitt

• George Childress

________________________ Wrote letter “To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World” to try to get reinforcements at the Alamo

• William B. Travis
• James Fannin

• Juan Seguin

• Fray Damian Massanet and Alonso de Leon

________________________ Led Texas Rangers in 1842 ending the Mexican invasion of San Antonio

• Jack Coffee Hays
• James Fannin

• Stephen F Austin

• George Childress

________________________ Spanish explorers and French explorers both claimed land in Texas

• Age of Contact
• Natural Texas and its People

• Spanish Colonial

• Mexican National

________________________ Missions were built to confirm Spanish claims to the land in Texas

• Spanish Colonial
• Age of Contact

• Mexican National

• Natural Texas and its People