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Name _________________ Class Period________ Date_________________ Unit 4 Review 1. People whose ancestors moved from one of many European countries to the United States and who now share a common culture and language. Anglo Americans 2. What 3 things did U.S. settlers have to do in order to move to New Spain? Pledge loyalty, Become Catholic, Be of good moral character. 3. An agent who makes all arrangements to bring settlers to a colony is called a(n). Empresario 4. The first Empresario to recruit settlers from the U.S. and be responsible to Spanish authorities for them. George Morgan 5. Presented a petition to the Spanish government to bring 300 US families to Texas. He died before he could bring the settlers. Moses Austin 6. Followed up his father’s dream of bringing settlers to Texas. The most important Empresario. Stephen F. Austin 7. Who was Green DeWitt? 2nd Most important Empresario 8. The first filibuster in Texas. He was a mustang wrangler. Philip Nolan 9. The last filibuster in Texas. His wife is known as the “Mother of Texas” James Long 10. Woman known as the “Mother of Texas” who owned land and ran a business in Austin’s colony. Jane Long 11. Mexico won its independence from Spain in what year? 1821 12. What was the Louisiana Purchase? U.S. Purchased Louisiana Territory from France 13. Who are known as the “Old Three Hundred?” 297 Families and single men who bought land in Austin’s First Colony 14. What are the 5 characteristics of the “Old Three Hundred?” Mostly Southerners, Slave holders, Farmers, Law abiding, Well educated. Essay (5-7 Sentences Each) 15. Explain the Gutierrez-Magee expedition. 16. How did Austin and the other Empresarios affect settlement in Texas? .

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Stephen F. Austin and the Empresarios
169 11/18/02 9:24 AM Page 174 Stephen F. Austin Why It Matters Now 2 Stephen F. Austin’s colony laid the foundation for thousands of people and the Empresarios to later move to Texas. TERMS & NAMES OBJECTIVES MAIN IDEA Moses Austin, petition, 1. Identify the contributions of Moses Anglo American colonization of Stephen F. Austin, Austin to the colonization of Texas. Texas began when Stephen F. Austin land title, San Felipe de 2. Identify the contributions of Stephen F. was given permission to establish Austin, Green DeWitt Austin to the colonization of Texas. a colony of 300 American families 3. Explain the major change that took on Texas soil. Soon other colonists place in Texas during 1821. followed Austin’s lead, and Texas’s population expanded rapidly. WHAT Would You Do? Stephen F. Austin gave up his home and his career to fulfill Write your response his father’s dream of establishing a colony in Texas. to Interact with History Imagine that a loved one has asked you to leave in your Texas Notebook. your current life behind to go to a foreign country to carry out his or her wishes. Would you drop everything and leave, Stephen F. Austin’s hatchet or would you try to talk the person into staying here? Moses Austin Begins Colonization in Texas Moses Austin was born in Connecticut in 1761. During his business dealings, he developed a keen interest in lead mining. After learning of George Morgan’s colony in what is now Missouri, Austin moved there to operate a lead mine.
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