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Age of Empresarios & The Road to Revolution Review Sheet
Directions: Use your notes, handouts, stations papers, geoterms, and the textbook to help you complete the following review sheet.
1. Texas would later declare its ______from Spain.
2. Ernesto is a cowboy or a ______.
3.To enlist or join the armed forces is also known as to______.
4. Martin De Leon is an example of a ______.
5. A person who has control complete of a country is seen as a ______.
6. ______are guaranteed freedoms, like the freedom of the press.
7.When a large number of people are killed, this is also known as a ______.
8. Scott is in the army and does not have a horse, he must be part of the ______.
9. Robert carries out rebellious activities in foreign countries, he must be a ______.
10. A temporary leader is known as an ______.
11. The settlement might be stronger if it was ______.
12. Texas setup their new government as a ______.
13. A ______believes that a strong central government would be ideal.
14. Stephen F. Austin ______all the land before he settled it.
15. Moses Austin lost all his money during a ______.
16. A ______is order that is the same importance of a law.
17. Who is Miguel Hidalgo? Why is he important to Mexican history ? (Age of Empresarios Group Activity)
18. What were some of the reasons for the Mexican independence movement from Spain? (Age of Empresarios Group Activity)
19. Who was Martin De Leon? What kind of people did he want to settle in Texas? (Stephen F. Austin notes)
20. Who is Stephen F. Austin? What kind of people did he want to settle in Texas? (Stephen F. Austin notes)
22. What was the colonization law of 1821? What the colonization law of 1825? How did they change? (Colonization Law of 1821/Acre Activity handout)
23. What was the Mier y Teran report? Why is it important? (Road to Revolution Timeline/ Problems for Mexico stations)
24. What was the Mexican law of 1830? (Road to Revolution Timeline)
25. What were some of the problems for Mexico in dealing with Texas? This about culture, distance, education… (Problems for Mexico stations )
26. Who is credited with being the first American empresario who got land form the Spanish government? (Stephen F. Austin notes)
27. Why did the Mexican ban of slavery create problems for the Mexican government? (Problems with Mexico Stations)
28. What happened during the Fredonian Rebellion? Why was it a problem for the Mexican government? (Problems for Mexico Stations/ Road to Revolution Timeline)
29. Why was Stephen F. Austin arrested by the Mexican government? How did most of the settlers in Texas feel about this event? (Road to Revolution timeline)
30. What region do most people in Texas live today? How might this be connected to where the first empresarios settled? (choose one and explain: Central Plains, Coastal Plains, Great Plains, Mountains/Basins)
Legacies: Complete this chart to make sure you known why these individuals are important. (Texas Cemetery handout)
Person / Who are they? Why do we remember them?Juan Seguin
Sam Houston
Santa Anna
Stephen F. Austin
Davy Crockett