Row 1
Which legislation permitted all free African Americans who lived in Texas at the time of the Texas Declaration of Independence to remain?
Ashworth Act
What was the designation given to people who exercised broad control over slaves' lives?
Slaveholders
What was the name of the Free African American and Texas Revolution veteran who was compelled to depart owing to the 1826 Constitution after fighting in the battles of Concepción and San Antonio?
Greenbury Logan
What was the German Emigration Company referred to as?
Adelsverein
Free African Americans who remained in the Republic had to face racism from their neighbors. What is the name of a wealthy business owner who had to cope with numerous attempts by other residents to seize his property? Other free African Americans lacked the resources to oppose their persecutors in court.
William Goyens
Texans whether long-time residents or new immigrants that were
Farmers and Ranchers
Stephen F. Austin’s cousin, had begun operating this boat on the lower Rio Grande in 1829 with who.
Henry Austin
was no longer the official state religion.
Roman Catholicism
traveling preachers, typically served regions on the frontier. And?
Circuit Riders
To attract immigration, the Republic of Texas implemented a land grant policy inspired after what?
Empresario System
Where did the majority of new immigrants to the Republic come from in quest of land and economic opportunity?
United States
What did Baron Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach alter his name to?
John O. Meusebach
Between 1836 and 1847, the population of Texas expanded by almost what number?
100,000
Prince Carl established a port for incoming settlers. What's the name of the port?
Karlshafen
A few ranchers, such as drove their cattle to New Orleans to sell them in markets there.
Taylor White
These celebrations featured popular tunes of the day, including “Yankee Doodle.”
Songfests
Many Protestants—organized religious groups with similar beliefs—soon built churches in the Republic.Called?
Denominations
Churches also ran most of the Republic’s schools. What was founded by the Methodist Church in 1840.
Rutersville College
In 1838, a group of Tejanos in Nacogdoches reacted to the poor treatment. A small number of Tejano and Indian allies fought in what conflict?
Córdova Rebellion
In March 1845, the prince and a group of settlers founded which town on the Guadalupe and Comal rivers?
New Braunfels
Who replaced Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels when he went back to Europe two months later?
Baron Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach
What was the name of the empresario that joined Stephen F. Austin on his first voyage to Texas in 1821?
James Hewetson
What was the Karlshafen's later name?
Indianola
Some free African Americans, such as of Montgomery County, also owned ranches.
Robert Thompson
were one of the most popular pastimes, whether small rural affairs or elaborate plantation balls. Many Texans also enjoyed concerts, horse races, and the theater.
Dances
Was the largest denomination, followed by the Baptist Church.Churches also ran most of the Republic’s schools. Rutersville College was founded in 1840.
Methodist Church
The oldest college in Texas still in operation, was founded by Baptists in 1845.
Baylor University
After acquiring land in the Hill Country, who did the German Emigration Company send in 1844, followed by a group of peasants and artisans?
Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels
Who led one of the earliest parties of French settlers to Texas? Many of them came from Alsace, an eastern French province with a predominantly German-speaking population.
Henri Castro
With the surge in US immigration, the number of slaves in Texas increased from around 5,000 in 1836 to how many by 1845?
30,000
In 1842, a group of European businessmen formed what organization in the hopes of profiting by encouraging Germans to settle in Texas?
German Emigration Company
Who was the largest group of European immigrants to arrive in Texas in the early 1830s?
Germans
—people who bought large amounts of land in hopes of making profits.
Land Speculators
The most common publications
Newspaper
Was no longer the official state religion. And remained the dominant religion in Galveston, San Antonio, and Tejano communities along the Rio Grande.
Catholicism
Some Texans also wrote poetry, including President?
Mirabeau B. Lamar
In 1838, who led a group of Tejanos in Nacogdoches in response to the bad treatment? He was a former alcalde who had contacted Mexican officials seeking to push all Anglos out of Texas.
Vicente Córdova
What was the name of the revolutionary hero who served as mayor of San Antonio from 1840 to 1842?
Juan Seguín
During the Runaway Scrape, entire towns such as Harrisburg, Refugio, and San Felipe were burned down. Which document provided land to many of the individuals who resided in Texas before to the Revolution to aid in their reconstruction?
Constitution of 1836
Following the Revolution, Irish settlers continued to migrate to Texas in search of economic opportunities. What is the name of the Irish-born Texan who advocated for immigration in his 1841 book, Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas?
William Kennedy
Several Tejanos occupied positions of influence in the San Antonio area. What is the name of the person who served in the Republic's Congress and worked to defend Tejano rights? He was also a signatory to the Texas Declaration of Independence.
José Antonio Navarro
The first steamboat to enter a Texas river was
The Ariel
French painter and surveyor came to Texas with Henri Castro.
Théodore Gentilz
Jewish immigrants established Jewish houses of worship, in Galveston, Houston, and San Antonio.And?
Synagogues
—schools that offered classes at the high school level.
Academies