Ch 6 Review

Question 1

A filibuster was the term for a prisoner in a Mexican prison.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory for $15 million.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Spain had little control of Pecan Point because the American settlers considered themselves part of Arkansas.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Antonio Martínez was unable to help the troops because they were loyal to France.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Spain’s failure to colonize Texas throughout the 1700s was in part due to conflicts with the Apaches and
Comanches.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Spanish Governor Ripperda wanted to keep the settlers safe but could not because he didn’t have the troops to
do it.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

What is a republic

Answer 7

Power belongs to people

Question 8

What is the El Camino Real and where did it go?

Answer 8

Connects all missions to Mexico City

Question 9

Explain the Adams-Onis Treaty.

Answer 9

Gave Florida to us
Sabine River we’re finally established as Texas border
Red river were finally established as Texas border

Question 10

What were the conditions Martínez described in San Antonio?

Answer 10

Run down
Lacking supplies
Lacking supplies

Question 11

Who was sent to investigate the need for missions in New Spain?

Answer 11

Marquis de Rubi

Question 12

Why did the town of Bucareli failed to thrive?

Answer 12

Meshes county “officially” recognized it

Question 13

Who appointed Louis Michel Aury commissioner of Galveston?

Answer 13

A mes governed

Question 14

What happened in Texas as a result of the victory of General Joaquín de Arredondo?

Answer 14

Declared themselves free

Punched allies away

Question 15

Who governed the settlers who lived in Ysleta?

Answer 15

Antonio de otermin

Question 16

Who was the leader of the East Texans who founded Nacogdoches?

Answer 16

Gil y’barbo

Question 17

Why was Spain’s effort to colonize Texas in the late 1700s was impeded?

Answer 17

Comanche 8

Question 18

Who were filibusters?

Answer 18

White Anglo americans

Fought illegally in Texas

Question 19

Who was the Texas adventurer who captured Nacogdoches in 1819 with 300 rebels?

Answer 19

James long

Question 20

What are all the ways Spain helped during the American Revolution?

Answer 20

Clothes
Supplies
Troops

Question 21

What was the largest settlement in Texas when Mexico became independent from Spain in 1821?

Answer 21

San Antonio

Question 22

What was the result of the Louisiana Purchase?

Answer 22

French kicked out of North America

Question 23

Why were the troubles of the American army?

Answer 23

Most identified as Americans, not Texans

Question 24

How did the balance of power in the Americas change because of the Treaty of Paris of 1763?

Answer 24

Us 50%

Mx 50%

Question 25

What did Antonio Martinez claime he needed to defend Spain’s interest in Texas?

Answer 25

Money Settlers Troops

Question 26

Spanish cow handlers who made the first long cattle drives from South Texas to markets in Louisiana were called

Answer 26

Vaqueros

Question 27

One of the countries from which Governor Galvez of New Orleans recruited troops was

Answer 27

Mx, Cuba

Question 28

Because of the Treaty of 1783, Great Britain was granted trading rights on

Answer 28

Mississippi River

Question 29

Spanish officials suspected Phillip Nolan of being a

Answer 29

Spy

Question 30

Government Ripperda refused to allow East Texans to return to their former homes. Instead, he allowed them to settle along the banks of the

Answer 30

Mississippi River

Question 31

As a result of the Paris Peace Treaty, Spain controlled Louisiana. This, in turn, shifted the boundary between Spanish and foreign territory from the Sabine River to

Answer 31

Trinity River

Question 32

cowboy

Answer 32

Vaquero

Question 33

harassed settlers at Bucareli

Answer 33

Comanches

Question 34

last Spanish governor of Texas

Answer 34

Antonio Martinez

Question 35

claimed to fight for Mexican independence but had other, more personal motives

Answer 35

Jean Laffite

Question 36

were reluctant to relocate to San Antonio

Answer 36

Settlers in Texas

Question 37

Explain the influence Spanish culture had on Texas.

Answer 37

- everything is in Spanish - architecture - culture

Question 38

What was the term for a person who defended Texas?

Answer 38

Filibuster

Question 39

The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from

Answer 39

The French

Question 40

republic define

Answer 40

Power to the people