Important people
Why did John Davis Bradburn arrest two lawyers?
He was enforcing the strict Mexican laws and they were interfering with efforts of collecting custom duties
The Law of April 6, 1830 encouraged trade between foreign nations
False; it discouraged it and added taxes on goods entering Texas
US and Spain disputed boundary between Spanish Texas and Louisiana, but James Wilkinson and Colonel Simon de Herrera created this.
Neutral Ground
Who was responsible for bringing the first Anglo settlers into Texas?
Stephen F. Austin
True
What settled boundary dispute and Spain gave Florida to the US and agreed to Sabine River as eastern boundary of Texas?
Adams-Onis Treaty
Who was asked to take command of the 300 man Texan army?
Stephen F. Austin
Centralists-thought power should be shared with the states and the government
False; that is the Federalists
Who were farmers, craftspeople, traders, and adventurers who were fighting for another country without government permission?
Filibuster
Who took power as president of Mexico in 1833?
Santa Anna
The Louisiana purchase doubled the sise of the U.S. and they only had to pay $15,000,000 for the land
True
Who formed the expedition named the Republican Army of the North that took Nacogdoches, Goliad, and San Antonio and declared Texas Independent?
Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara and Augustus Magee
Who led families into East Texas without permission from the government and founded the town of Nacogdoches?
Gil Y'barbo
The first European language to be used in North America was French.
False; Spanish