Moses Austin Paves the Way
Advertising for colonists
The Constitution of 1824
Colonization laws
Nationalities
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______ _________ paved the way for Anglo American colonization of Texas
What is Moses Austin
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That site later became the town of ___________ ___ ___ ________.
What is Washington-on-the-Brazos.
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The people who formed the new government were called _____________
What is Federalists
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The town of _______ became the headquarters for the "Little Colony" the name given to the land covered by the new contract.
What is Bastrop
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A __________ is a large administrative unit, similar to a territory.
What is department
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A ____________ , a time in which businesses suffer and people lose jobs, swept the United States that year, and Austin's business was ruined.
What is depression
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Austin himself would earn about 100,000 acres of land for his services as ___________
What is empresario
200
Their opponents, are called _______________
What is Centralists
200
This contract, however, included land that had been granted to another group of settlers from Tennessee, led by ________ _. _________.
What is Sterling C. Roberston
200
The _______ ____________ ___ recognized slavery but outlawed slave trading.
What is Imperial Colonization Law
300
Austin and Richmond set out on an 800-mile journey to Texas to meet with ___________ ____________ ______.
What is Governor Antonio Martinez
300
Austin commanded a ________
What is militia
300
The former Spanish provinces of ___________.
What is Coahuila
300
Next to Austin, the most successful empresario was _____ ______ of Missouri
What is Green DeWitt
300
_____ _______ _______, a cousin of Stephen F. Austin.
What is Mary Austin Holley
400
Austin met an old friend, a man known to the Spanish as the _________ __ _________.
What is Baron de Bastrop.
400
The name of the town, ____ _________ __ ______
What is San Felipe de Austin
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Texas was entitled to select only 1 of 12 members of the state legislature that met in ________ in Coahuila.
What is Saltillo
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The town of ________ was established as headquarters for the colony.
What is Gonzales
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_________ _. ______ opened the first school in the new town of San Felipe de Austin.
What is Thomas J. Pilgrim
500
_________, or measured, to determine grant sizes and boundaries.
What is surveyed.
500
The patron saint of Texas ____________ _________ ________
What is Governor Luciano Garcia
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Baron de Bastrop was ______ as the first representative from Texas.
What is chosen.
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Another successful empresario was ________ __ _____.
What is Martin de Leon
500
_________ ____________ opened one of the first schools for girls in Texas.
What is Frances Trask
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