lesson 13

Question 1

When was Miller County created?

Answer 1

1820

Question 2

Where was Miller County?

Answer 2

In the Southwest corner of the Territory of Arkansas

Question 3

What were 2 towns in Miller County?

Answer 3

Pecan Point and Jonesborough

Question 4

Where was Miller County actually?

Answer 4

Texas

Question 5

Why did Moses Austin come to Texas?

Answer 5

He wanted to bring colonists to settle in Texas and to get land from Spain

Question 6

When and why did Austin arrive in San Antonio?

Answer 6

1820 to get permission from the Governor for his colony

Question 7

What were the 3 reasons Austin gave for why he should be allowed to start a colony?

Answer 7

1. Spain could never control the Indians without more people living in Texas
2. Too few Spaniards and Mexicans were settling in Texas
3. American settlers would work hard to build homes and farms. They would help make a strong Texas and that would make a strong Mexico

Question 8

What were the 3 conditions General Arrendondo gave Austin for starting a colony in Texas?

Answer 8

1. The immigrant families must obey the laws of Mexico
2. They must accept the Roman Catholic religion practiced in Mexico and Spain
3. They must be able to defend themselves and not depend on Mexico to protect them from hostile Indians

Question 9

After Moses Austin died who took over his mission of starting a colony in Texas?

Answer 9

his son Stephen Austin

Question 10

Who started an independence movement in 1810 in Mexico?

Answer 10

Father Hidalgo

Question 11

When did the Independence movement of 1810 end in Mexico?

Answer 11

1821

Question 12

Where did Austin’s colony go and what was it called?

Answer 12

40 miles from Houston and it was called San Felipe de Austin