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Question 1

List three reasons why people move from the US to Texas

Answer 1

promise of cheap land. Just to leave United States. And to escape debts

Question 2

did Stephen F Austin allow settlers to bring slaves into Texas

Answer 2

yes

Question 3

what rights did free African-Americans have in Texas

Answer 3

same rights as every other Mexican

Question 4

what disadvantage did settlers face when taking a boat into Texas

Answer 4

it was more expensive

Question 5

where did settlers choose to settle in Texas

Answer 5

along rivers and streams

Question 6

what building materials did settlers used to construct their home

Answer 6

Adobe and stone clay cedar

Question 7

what are dogtrot cabin

Answer 7

and opening passage separating two rooms

Question 8

List three purposes of quilting bees

Answer 8

social occasions, chat, trade

Question 9

describe buckskin and how it was used

Answer 9

tab deer skin worn as a last resort

Question 10

what kind of skills did settlers in early Texas have to learn to be self sufficient

Answer 10

learn how to cook, learn how to build, learn how to live

Question 11

why was meet the major part of the Texan frontier diet

Answer 11

because refrigeration wasn’t available butter cheese eggs milk were really on hand

Question 12

traveling _______ from the US held camp meetings in Texas

Answer 12

preachers and missionaries

Question 13

did Texas alarm private schools to be established

Answer 13

yes

Question 14

what would Juan seguin as a city council be able to do

Answer 14

help made the decision for the cities

Question 15

how are all the public services provided in her front tier town

Answer 15

for taxes

Question 16

what was the oldest so civil settlement Texas

Answer 16

San Antonio

Question 17

List three things to describe San Antonio during the Mexican.

Answer 17

Farming or Ranching was around the city, ran stores or other businesses, businesses were owned by or managed by woman

Question 18

William goyens became wealthy by ________

Answer 18

running blacksmith shop and other businesses

Question 19

most businesses in early Texas was conducted through

Answer 19

barter or trade

Question 20

what made travel and trade difficult during Mexican period

Answer 20

The roads are bumpy and dusty and dry weather roads became muddy impossible swamps when it rained

Question 21

One of the first plantations in Texas was established bye______

Answer 21

Jared groce

Question 22

what economic activity was especially popular among to Tejanos

Answer 22

ranching

Question 23

what group of people completed most of the manual labor on plantations

Answer 23

slaves

Question 24

from where did most of the immigrants coming into Texas during the 1820s and 1830s come

Answer 24

Europe and other parts of Mexico