Mexican Independence

Question 1

A filibuster was a term for a prisoner in 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

False

Question 4

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

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Spain’s failure to colonize Texas throughout the 1700s was in part due 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 the people

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Connects all missions, and led to Mexico City

Question 9

Explain the Adams-Onis Treaty.

Answer 9

Gave Florida to U.S
Sabine River becomes border
Red River becomes border

Question 10

What where the conditions Martinez described in San Antonio?

Answer 10

Rundown
Lacking Supplies
Lacking Settlers

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Marques De Rubi

Question 12

Why did the town of Bucareli failed to thrive?

Answer 12

Neither country ‘Officially” recognizes it

Question 13

Who appointed Louis Michel Aury commissioner of Galveston?

Answer 13

A Mexican Governor

Question 14

What happened in Texas as a result of the victory of General Joaquin de Arredondo.

Answer 14

Declared themselves free(but actually weren’t)

Pushed allies away(committed atrocities)

Question 15

Who governed the settlers who lived in Ysleta?

Answer 15

Antonio De Oterman

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 and Apache
No money
Mexico has a lot of open land

Question 18

Who were filibusters?

Answer 18

Mostly whit Anglo Americans

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

Money
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 troubles within the Republican army?

Answer 23

Most identified as Americans not Texans

Question 24

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

Answer 24

U.S. controls 50%

M.X. controls 50%

Question 25

What did Antonio Martinez claims he headed 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

Mexico, 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 Philip 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 Rivers

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 East Texas

Question 37

Rebel leader sent to U.S. for money and supplies.

Answer 37

Samuel Kemper

Question 38

Replaced Magee as commander of Republican army.

Answer 38

Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara

Question 39

Adapted Spanish customs to frontier conditions.

Answer 39

Tejano Culture

Question 40

Fought for Texas’ independence.

Answer 40

Republican army of the North

Question 41

Challenged Mexican people to recover land stolen from them 300 years earlier

Answer 41

Father Hidalgo grito