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A religious settlement built to spread Catholicism
A mission
Why did empresarios and filibusters choose to build their settlements near rivers?
Access to water (drinking, trading, traveling)
What did the Spanish do to many filibusters?
Executed them.
Who was the first empresario to settle a colony in Texas?
Stephen F Austin
An individual who carries out unauthorized warfare against a foreign country
A filibuster
What was the purpose of missions in Texas?
Converting Native Americans to Catholicism
Name 2 filibusters:
Philip Nolan, James Long, Father Miguel Hidalgo, Jose Gutierrez de Lara
Name 2 empresarios:
Stephen F. Austin, Green DeWitt, Martin de Leon, Moses Austin
The Spanish word for a land agent whose job it was to bring new settlers into an area
An empresario
What nation threatened Spain's control over Texas by finding a fort in Spanish territory?
France
Which filibuster came to Texas to capture and sell wild mustangs?
Philip Nolan
Who was Stephen F Austin's dad?
Moses Austin
A fort or military outpost
A presidio
DAILY DOUBLE!! WORTH DOUBLE POINTS!!
Give me 2 reasons why the Spanish missions failed:
1. Attacks from Indians.
2. Lack of support from Spain.
3. The cost to maintain the missions was too high.
Who is the most "notorious" filibuster?
James Long
What did Stephen F. Austin call the first 300 families he brought to his colony?
The Old 300
A white person living in the United States and who is not Hispanic
An Anglo-American
Which mission eventually became known as "the Alamo"?
San Antonio de Valero
What year did Mexico gain its independence?
1821
Which empresario created the only predominantly Mexican colony in Texas?
Martin de Leon