Chapter 8 Test Review

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  1. Who was Moses Austin? He was an empresario that had suffered financial ruin in Missouri, had profited before from moving to a Spanish land. He was turned down by the Spanish governor in San Antonio, but with the help of Baron de Bastrop, he secured his colony. He died before he could settle the colony.

a. Why did he want to bring settlers to Texas?to gain wealth

b. What country did he become a citizen of in Missouri?Spain

  1. Who was Stephen F. Austin? Moses’ son,
  1. What did he do?When he found out about his father’s death, was determined to carry out his father’s plan. Brought in the Old 300 and settled in San Felipe de Austin.
  2. What is he known as?The Father of Texas because He was the first empresario to bring Americans into Texas
  3. What were his plans for his colony? Easy terms for settler’s land payments.
  1. What was San Felipe de Austin?The capital of Austin’s first colony
  1. Who were the “Old Three Hundred”? Name for the 297 families and single men who received land in Stephen F. Austin’s colony.
  1. Where did they come from?From the United States, especially from Louisiana
  1. Who was Jane Long?Widow of filibuster, James Long, that went on to become an Old Three Hundred member and successful female plantation owner and slaveholder
  1. What was San Antonio in the 1820s?The capital of Spanish Texas
  1. What is an empresario?Business people who promoted migration to the Texas colonies
  2. What tactics did they use to attract people to Texas? cheap land
  1. What is Coahuila y Texas?State created by the Mexican government in 1824 by combining the separate states of Texas and Coahuila
  1. Who is Baron de Bastrop and what did he do?A Dutch businessman who was friends with Moses Austin and the Spanish governor of Texas. He helped Moses secure his colony.
  1. What is the Imperial Colonization Law and what country issued it?Mexican law passed in 1823 that increased land grants in Texas for ranching and farming and freed settlers from paying taxes for 6 years
  1. Why was it important to Stephen F. Austin?He could raise a militia (citizen army) to protect the colony from Native Americans.
  1. What State Colonization Law of 1825 and whatcountry issued it ? Law passed by the state government of Coahuila y Texas that further opened Texas to settlement and immigration.
  1. Why did Austin travel to Mexico City in 1822?To reconfirm his colonization agreement
  1. What happened to Austin’s colony when he returned?Settlers had trouble with local Indians.
  1. In order to prove land ownership, what legal document did one need?Land title
  1. What were the Mexican government’s requirements to live in Texas? Hard working, fairly educated, become Catholic and become a Mexican citizen, no criminals.
  1. Why was it difficult to buy land in the United States in 1820? Land prices were high and money was scarce.