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Mexican National Era Unit Review
Directions: Answer the following questions below to review.
1. Why did Philip Nolan come to Texas?
First filibuster in Texas come to Texas, came for horses
2. What was established in-between Texas and Louisiana because of questions on
what was the border of the Louisiana Purchase?
The Neutral Ground (a lawless area ruled by no country)
3. What became the eastern border of Texas after the Adams-Onis Treaty?
It was set at the Sabine River (the current border of Texas)
4. Why did the Gutierrez and Magee expedition come to Texas and how did it end?
To make Texas/Mexico independent from Spain, ended at the Battle of Medina
5. When did Mexico get its independence from Spain?
1821
6. Who was Dr. James Long’s wife? What was her nickname and why did she get it?
Jane Long, AKA Mother of Texas during this revolution time she was the first Anglo
(white) woman to give birth in Texas
7. Why did Moses Austin travel to Texas in 1820?
To gain a land grant
8. Who did Moses Austin ask to carry out his dream of colonizing Texas?
His son, Stephen F. Austin
9. What were Austin’s first 300 colonists called?
The Old 300
10. Why did Austin travel to Mexico City in 1822?
Because his land grant was with Spain not Mexico
11. Who were the second most successful empresario’s behind Austin and what were
their capitals?
Green DeWitt – Gonzales
Martin DeLeon – Victoria
12. What does G.T.T. stand for?
Gone to Texas
13. What was the average cost per acre of land in Texas?
12.5 Cents
14. What religion did colonists have to be to settle in Texas?
Catholic
15. What did Austin form to protect settlers from Indian raiding parties?
A militia who later became Texas Rangers
16. What were some reasons why Americans came to Texas?
Cheap, fertile land
17. What did the Coahuila y Tejas Flag look like?
18. Who was Jean Lafitte? A French Pirate who helped the Mexican Independence, also
imported slaves
Empresario
Where were
they born?
Capital of
Colony
Located by
what rivers?
Who lived
there? (US
or Spanish)
Stephen F.
Austin
Green DeWitt
Austinville, VA
San Felipe
Brazos River
US
Kentucky
Gonzales
Guadalupe River
US
Martin De
Leon
Mexico
Victoria
Guadalupe River
Spanish