Important people
Who was sent by Mexican government to inspect Texas about the growth of American influence?
General Teran
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
Vaqueros
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
Who was responsible for bringing the first Anglo settlers into Texas?
Stephen F. Austin
True
Who thought war should be avoided and opposed the Consultation?
Peace Party
Who was allowed to immigrate to Texas in the law of April 6, 1830?
Mexican and European families
Who was asked to take command of the 300 man Texan army?
Stephen F. Austin
Who inspected Spain's northern frontier defenses and made suggestions about abandoning missions?
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?
Filibusters
Empresario
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 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
a military force raised from civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency
militia
What were the first 300 families who settled in Austin's colony called?
The Old Three Hundred
What did Austin fear about Santa Anna?
him becoming a dictator
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
white person living in US and who is not Hispanic
Anglo-American
What 3 things made people want to come to Texas?
cheap land; good farm land; escape debt
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