Texas History Exam 2

Front 1

What European leader sold Louisiana to the United States?

Back 1

Napoleon Bonaparte

Front 2

Which of the following best describes the term crillos?

Back 2

those Americans who were of Spanish descent

Front 3

The royalist leader from Mexico who le the royalists to victory at the Battle of Medina was

Back 3

Joaquin de Arredondo

Front 4

What did the Transcontinental Treaty (or the Adams-Onis Treaty) of 1819 accomplish?

Back 4

Span gave Florida to the United States and he treaty settled the boundary dispute Lousiana and Texas

Front 5

Which of he follwoing treaties transferred Texas from Spanish hands to Mexican hands?

Back 5

the Treaty of Cordoba

Front 6

Why, according to your textbook, is it unlikely that Philp Nolan had any desire in taking Texas from Spain?

Back 6

because Louisiana was a Spanish province which create logisitical problems for any U.S. citizen desiring to take over Texas

Front 7

Which of the following rivers did the United States claim as its western boundary after the Louisiana Purchase?

Back 7

the Rio Grande

Front 8

What did the term "Fritto de Dolores" actually mean?

Back 8

it was actually a call for good government and reform

Front 9

James Long was one of those in the United States who felt that Secretary of State ____ had given land away to the Spanish government between 1819 and 1821.

Back 9

Adams

Front 10

Which of the following best defines the term peninsulares?

Back 10

natives of Spain who generally held the mot powerful offices

Front 11

Why did the revolt of Miguel Hidalgo Costilla increase the importance of Texas?

Back 11

because of the location of Texas as a corridor to the United States

Front 12

How did Spain attempt to deal with the threat posed by the United States to ins border colonies such as Louisiana?

Back 12

by regulating commerce and promoting immigration

Front 13

What were the terms of the 1795 Treaty of San Lorenzo (also known as Pinckney's Treaty)?

Back 13

in guaranteed Americans duty-free navigation of the Mississippi and the right to deposit goods at New Orleans

Front 14

Texas's return to the position of _______ province on the northern frontier of New Spain meant that the Spanish government had to pay more attention to its long-range defense.

Back 14

buffer

Front 15

Events in what U.S. state between 1815 and 1818 probably produced James Long's invasion of Texas in 1819?

Back 15

Florida

Front 16

Why did the execution of Miguel Hidalgo Costilla not end the revolt in centural Mexico?

Back 16

because a mesitzo priest named Jose Maria Morelos quickly emerged to carry on the fight

Front 17

Spanish women in Texas

Back 17

were given the right by law to retain property as their own even after marriage

Front 18

What does the textbook say was the reason behind Governor Domingo Cabello y Robies's decision to wage a war of extermination on the Karankawas Indians?

Back 18

the Indians had muredered several Spaniards basically in cold blood in 1778

Front 19

Why did the Spanish crown not want Americans immigration into Texas during the late 1790's?

Back 19

it was concerned that the United States would build relationships with Indians along the Red River

Front 20

Which of the following men were executed from the Nolan expedition as he drew the low number for firing on king's soldiers?

Back 20

Ephraim Blackburn

Front 21

Which of the following batles is described y the textbook as the bloodiest battle in the history of Texas?

Back 21

the Battle of Medina

Front 22

As a result of the Treaty of Paris of 1763,________ took control of territory in North America stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to Hudson Bay and the Atlanti Ocean to the Mississippi

Back 22

England

Front 23

During the Amercan Revolutionary War, ________ only acted on behalf of France refusing to aid the thirteen colonies in the battle against England

Back 23

Spain

Front 24

Texas assisted Spain in the American Revolutionary war in providing _______ to feed Spanish troops. This began the Texas tradition known as the____ ____.

Back 24

cattle; cattle drive

Front 25

Although many Indians suffered terribly from disease during the late 170's in Texas, the _____ seemed to be the exception to the rule.

Back 25

Comanche

Front 26

Breeding and selling livestock led to improvements in the saddle and the lariat and to the roundup or "_____" and the cattle drive.

Back 26

rodel

Front 27

The Spanish commandant general of the Interior, Teodoro de Croix, issued an order in 1778 that al cattle had to be ____ or become property of the king.

Back 27

branded

Front 28

A treaty was signed between the Spanish and the _____ in 1795 which ended war between the two in Texas for more than forty years.

Back 28

Comanche

Front 29

_____ the missions was a process by which the government took over all mission properties and managed their affairs, while secular clergy took charge of religious services.

Back 29

Secularizing

Front 30

In attempting to deal with the threat pose by the United States through commercial regulation, Span had an advantagein that it controlled the mouth of the _____ ______.

Back 30

Mississippi River

Front 31

Zebulon Pike, although captured and released by the Spanish governmet, contributed to American ____ hunger for Texas in 1807 by writing a report that emphasized fertile soil and teeming wildlife in Texas.

Back 31

land

Front 32

Texas's return in 1803 to the position of buffer provine on the northern frontier of New Spain meant that the Spanish government had to pay more attention to its long range ______.

Back 32

defense

Front 33

_____ _____ presided over a fleet of pirate ships that attacked ships of all nations in the Gulf of Mexico and smuggled the prize goods into Louisiana from Galveston.

Back 33

Michael Aury

Front 34

A ____ expidition is an invasion by an unauthorized or irregular military force.

Back 34

Filibuster

Front 35

THe fate of James Long's filibustering activities showed that Spanish _____ had a reasonable firm grip on Texas in 1819-1821.

Back 35

loyalists

Front 36

Spanish Texas became Mexican Texas on _______

Back 36

August 24, 1821

Front 37

Whick of the following is the first instance of bloodshed between Mexicans and Texans as Texas moved toward revolution?

Back 37

The Batle of Velasco

Front 38

What is the name of the Mexican colonel who freed William Barrett Travis and Patrick Jack at Anuhauc in 1832?

Back 38

Jose Piedras

Front 39

Why did Anglo-Americans pour into Stephen F. Austin's colony in the early 1820's?

Back 39

cheap land

Front 40

AA colonization agaent is referred to as:

Back 40

an empresario

Front 41

What led Stephen F. Austin to Texas?

Back 41

the death of his father

Front 42

What, according to y textbook, was the primary motive behind Stephen F. Austin being willing to colonize Texas with American families?

Back 42

to restore his financial situation that had become bleak due to the Panic of 1819

Front 43

Why did the Convvention of 1832 not produce any significant results?

Back 43

it convened illegally

Front 44

What was the "Old THree Hundred"?

Back 44

it was approximately the first three hundred families into Texas

Front 45

What was the main reason that a full-fledged revolution did not break out in Texas in 1932?

Back 45

conditions in Texas that year did not warrant a revolution

Front 46

What was the main purpose behind the Law of April 6, 1830?

Back 46

to stop American immigration into Texas

Front 47

Why did Juan Bradburn arrest Jose Madero in 1831?

Back 47

Bradburn said Madero violated the Law of April 6 by settling near the coast

Front 48

Which of the following men began his role in Texas at the covention that met in April of 1833?

Back 48

Sam Houston

Front 49

What was the major problem with George Fisher stating that all shops on the Brazos River or Galveston Bay would have to travel to Anahuac to pay dities?

Back 49

the addition al distance required to travel to pay the duties

Front 50

What is the maname of the Empresario who landed in the Nacogdoches area in 1825 and who became immediately involved in controversy there?

Back 50

Haden Edwards

Front 51

Which of the following played a key role in Texas becoming an Anglo province and an independent republic?

Back 51

the struggle between Centralists and Federalists

Front 52

Which of the following men was most instrumental in getting Moses Austin a contract withthe Mexican government to bring 300 Catholic American families to Texas?

Back 52

Baron de Bastrop

Front 53

Why was Moses Austin the only person to be granted an empresario contract under the Imperial Colonization Law of 1823?

Back 53

the Mexican leader, Agustin Iturbide, who had supported the law, was thrown out of office

Front 54

Which of the following could be considered a major outcome of the Fredonia Rebellion?

Back 54

both a & b
it made Stephen F. Austin and Green DeWitt look good to thte Mexican government because both of these men helped to squelch the rebellion
in the long run it workedagainst empresarios bringing settlers from the United States into Texas

Front 55

Which of the following provided the strongest link between Texians and those of the America South?

Back 55

slavery

Front 56

Why were William Travis and Patrick Jack arrested in 1832?

Back 56

the two men began a rumor that Louisianans were coming to free slaves that Juan Bradburn had takin in

Front 57

Which of the following is the most likely reason that Sam Houston came to Texas in 1832?

Back 57

to negotiate with the Comanche Indians concerning hunting grounds for Indians being moved from the southeastern United States to present day Oklahoma

Front 58

Anglos arriving in Texas early on populated the areas around ____ ____ in East Texas and the area south of the Ted River in the northern region of the state.

Back 58

San Augustine

Front 59

Early squatters who moved into Texas around 1815 had ____ to do with shaping new policies that would favor felluow Americans who would later move to the region

Back 59

nothing

Front 60

Stephen F. Austin purchased a ship called the _____ in order for Americans settlers to betransported into Texas.

Back 60

Lively

Front 61

In the spring of 1822, _____ changes that came with Mexican independence threatened to destroy the promising beginnings made by Moses and Stephen F. Ausstin.

Back 61

political

Front 62

Stephen F. Austin governed his Texas colony from a newly formed town on the Brazos River known as ___ ___ ___ ___

Back 62

San Felipe de Austin

Front 63

Mexico's ____ system enhanced the importance of the government of Coahuilaa y Texas with its capitol in Saltillo

Back 63

federal

Front 64

Under the Colonization Law on March 25, 1825, emparesario contracts were to run for six years and became void if ___ ___ families had not been settled in colony by that time.

Back 64

on hundred (100)

Front 65

The ___ was given responsibility in Coahuila y Texas over local roads

Back 65

ayuntamiento

Front 66

Martin de Leon was the only ____ -born promoter to create a colony in the province of Coahuila y Texas

Back 66

Mexican

Front 67

Martin de Leon threatened to kill an empresario from the United states by the name of _____ ____ due to a boundary dispute between the colonies of the two empresarios.

Back 67

Green DeWitt

Front 68

On December 21, 1826, Haden Edwards and several other folks from the Nacogdoches area, signed a declaration of independence creating the Republic of _____, which stretched from the Sabine River to the Rio Grande.

Back 68

Fredonia

Front 69

Southern-born colonists were intensely ____ and therefore generally unwilling to comply with the requirement that they practice on the Catholic religion.

Back 69

Protestant

Front 70

Anglo Americans made slavery an institution of significance in Texas beginning in the 1820's because they saw it as an _____ necessity.

Back 70

economic

Front 71

Texians in 1828 wiggled around slavery prohibition from Mexico by declaring that slaves would be held indefinitely as ___ ___.

Back 71

identured servants

Front 72

Mexico avoided a major confrontation in Texas in 1829 when Mexican President ____ ____ issued a decree on December 2, that exempted Texas from the emancipation decree on slaves that had been declared in September.

Back 72

Vicente Guerrero

Front 73

____ were people of Mexican descent living in Texas.

Back 73

Tejanos

Front 74

_____ by far outnumbered Anglo-Americans and Tejanos in the province of Texas

Back 74

Indians

Front 75

What would become known as the ____ ____ were first established under Stephen F. Austin for fighting Indians.

Back 75

These Rangers (Indians)

Front 76

Stephen F. Austin was arrested on January 3, 1834 for writing a letter to the ayuntamiento of San Antonio asking for statehood without the approval of the

Back 76

Mexican Government (National Government)

Front 77

Despite many reforms being instituted in Texas in the spring of 1834, revolution would begin in Texas in the fall of 1835 largely because ___ ___ proved to be a different man that what many Texans had thought him to be.

Back 77

Santa Anna

Front 78

What three things did the Mexican congress do in 1824 that would have a major impact on Texas?

Back 78

1. Texas was united with Coahuila as a single state in the new nations federal system, 2. Congress passed a federal colonization law, which left details largely up to the states with the exception of a requirement that foreigners not be allowed to settle within thirty miles of the coast or sixty miles of a national boundary, 3. Congress created a Federal Constitution of the United States in Mexico.

Front 79

What proposals did Mier y Teran propose as a result of his inspection of the Texas between 1828 and 1829?

Back 79

1. He proposed colonizing Texas with Mexican citizens and Germans, 2. Increasing coastal trade between the province and Mexico to foster commercial ties, 3. Placing more Mexican soldiers in the province.

Front 80

What was stated in the Turtle Bayou Resolutions on June 13, 1832?

Back 80

These resolutions expressed opposition to the Bustamante administration because of its violations of the Constitution of 1824 and called on all Texans to support the patriot opposition led by Santa Anna

Front 81

What was the Neutral Ground Agreement?

Back 81

it was an agreement between American commander James Wilkinson and Spanish Lieutenant Simon Herrera in which the United States would stay east of the Arroyo Hondo River and the Spanish west of the Sabine River

Front 82

List two characteristics about the United States that worried the Spanish in the 1780's

Back 82

1. Population growth, 2. Growing economy, 3. Savagery on the U.S.

Front 83

What was the "Runaway Scrape"?

Back 83

Word of the Alamo's fall caused such a panic among Texians that they hurriedly threw what belongings they could onto any available means of conveyance and headed east. Fearful of the Mexican army, Comanche raids, and rebellious slaves; made miserable by traveling in rain and mud; throwing away possessions as they went; refugees clogged the roads and fought for places on ferries at the rivers

Front 84

Explain the disadvantages and advantages that Santa had for taking the Alamo.

Back 84

1. The Alamo did not control an indispensable land or water route into Texas, 2. Supplies for the Mexican army could come by water or along the coast of Matamoros, 3. Destruction of the Alamo would avenge the defeat of General Cos and renew Mexican control of the capital of Texas, 4. It would show Texian's that as a price for rebellion they would be swept from the state, leaving no pockets of resistance behind.

Front 85

Why did Texas, in effect, have no government in place between January and March of 1836?

Back 85

Governor Henry Smith and the General Council disagreed angrily over key issues such as wherther or not to create a regular army and what they were trying to accomplish--- was it independence or restoring the Constitution of 1824? The governor, refused to surrender his title and the council, which after January 18 did no have enough members present to constitute a quorum, could not work with his supposed replacement James W. Robinson,

Front 86

Explain what took place at the Battle of Mission Concepcion.

Back 86

It cost the Mexicans about seventy-six casualties, whereas the TExian's lost only a single man, Bowie and Fannin had been more luck that good in that Cos chose to attack frontally and allowed them to stay under cover of the trees and river banks and use their rifles effectively, Had the Mexicans flanked the Texian's by moving into and along the tree-lined banks on either prong of the horseshoe, the battle might have ended differently