Quiz 1

Question 1

How many flags has texas had?

Answer 1

6

Question 2

What years did Spain rule over Texas?

Answer 2

1700-1800

Question 3

What year did Mexico start ruling over Texas?

Answer 3

1821

Question 4

What year did Texas become the republic of texas?

Answer 4

1836

Question 5

What year did france start ruling over texas?

Answer 5

1865

Question 6

What year did texas become part of the U.S.?

Answer 6

1845

Question 7

What year did texas turn into the confederacy?

Answer 7

1861

Question 8

What year was the french expedition?

Answer 8

1685

Question 9

what were they looking for during the french expedition?

Answer 9

the mouth of the mississippi river

Question 10

what year did the spanish government make a deal with Moses Austin?

Answer 10

1815

Question 11

Spain offered lands to Americans if they…

Answer 11

• swear allegiance to spain
• convert to catholicism

Question 12

who took over when Moses Austin passed away?

Answer 12

Stephen F. Austin

Question 13

What year did Mexico stop allowing Americans to come to Mexico?

Answer 13

1830

Question 14

What year did texas succeed from mexico?

Answer 14

1836

Question 15

Why did the U.S. say no to texas joining the U.S.?

Answer 15

• didn’t want to go to war with mexico over the land
• wanted to keep the states that wanted slavery and the states that didn’t want slavery equal