Mexican National Test Review
1. Describe the old 300
A group of 300 families that came to Texas
with Moses Austin (and Stephen F. Austin) to
settle in Texas during the Mexican National
Era.
2. Who is Moses Austin?
Moses Austin was a man that came to get
permission from Spain to help encourage
settlement in the Texas area. He died before
he could actually do it. The grandfather of
Texas. This all happened during the Mexican
National Era.
3. Who is Martin DeLeon and what group of
people did he focus on when we was
settling Texas?
Martin De Leon was an empresario that
focused at first on Mexican citizens settling in
Texas and then added others as well to his
colony during the Mexican National Era.
4. When did Mexico win independence from
Spain?
Mexico received independence from Spain in
1821 and wrote their constitution in 1824.
5. When did Moses Austin ask Spain for
permission to settle?
Moses asked for permission from Spain before
Mexico won independence. So Stephen had to
come back and ask for permission from
Mexico.
6. Who did Stephen F. Austin and the
empresarios ask to settle in Texas?
They mostly asked Anglo citizens from the
United States.
7. When did Mexico write its constitution?
1824 and it was very similar to the United
States Constitution but didn’t give the freedom
of religion.
8. How did the Mexican constitution deal with
religion?
Wanted all people to declare Catholism as their
religion – didn’t give the freedom to choose.
9. Name 2 things that make 1821 important to
Texas.
The year that Mexico got their independence
and the Stephen F. Austin started settling 300
families in Texas.
10. Who is Green Dewitt
Second Most successful empresario. Founded
the town of Gonzales and became rich in
farming and ranching.
11. Who is James Long?
He is a filibuster that was pretty wealthy and
was frustrated that Texas was given to the
Spain in the Adams-Onis treaty. He came to
into Nacogdoches and declared Texas
independent. He was shot in 1822.
12. Who is Phillip Nolan?
Filibuster, traded Mustangs and rumored to be
an American spy against Spain.
13. What did Baron de Bastrop do for Moses
Austin?
He helped get Moses permission from
Governor Martinez to settle families in Texas.
14. What did Erasimo Seguin do for Moses
Austin?
He also helped in the time when Moses was
getting permission to settle folks. He delivered
the news to Moses that his wish was granted.
15. Describe the Battle of Medina?
The Gutierrez –Magee army was defeated
terribly but the desire for independence spread.
16. Why did the Spanish colonize Texas?
To protect their territory they had claimed with
the explorers using missions.
23. Using the land map of grants, draw in
where the Caddo, Comanche, Karankawa,
and Jumano tribes were.
17. Why did the Anglos colonize Texas?
Anglos were coming to Texas to get cheap
land, a new start and to escape debt and a
crowded United States.
18. Why did the Mexicans colonize Texas?
Mexicans colonized Texas to increase the
population.
19. Name reasons why someone would move
to Texas in the 1820s?
Escape a crowded United States, escape debt,
start a new life and get cheap land. And the
Mexican constitution seemed similar to the
United States constitution.
20. Where did most settlers settle in Texas?
Along rivers in the coastal plains area.
21. Who is Father Hidalgo?
A Spanish priest that felt Spain was mistreating
its lower class citizens and spoke out the Cry
of Delores to spur others on to fight for
Independence.
22. Who is Iturbide and who would be on his
side?
Iturbide was a military man in Spain that
saw an opportunity to fight for Mexican
Independence. He fought for Mexicans
mistreated by Spain (but left out the lower
class when making the classes equal.
24. What did Haden Edwards do?
He was mean and moved in to the Piney
Woods area and started a rebellion to Make
Texas Independent and called Fredonia.
25. Tell about some things the colonization
laws required.
Be Christian, act morally and have good habits.
26. How did the view of slavery change in the
colonization laws from 1821 to 1825?
In 1821 new settlers got extra land for owning
slaves and in 1825 they no longer received
extra land for owning slaves.
27. What is the name of this era?
Mexican National Era – a time when Mexico
becomes a nation and starts to colonize
Texas and write its constitution.