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1 Moses Austin Moses Austin Texas Panic Catholic In June 1789 _____ moved to present day Missouri, then part of Spanish Louisiana, where Spanish officials allowed him to mine lead.
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2 Panic Moses Austin Texas Panic Catholic In 1819 the US experienced a financial _____ or economic crisis.
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3 Texas Moses Austin Texas Panic Catholic When Moses Austin lost all of his money, he came up with a plan to establish a colony of US families in _____.
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4 Catholic Moses Austin Texas Panic Catholic In 1821, Austin was granted the right to settle 300 _____ families from Louisiana.
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5 Stephen F. Austin Cotton gin Lively Stephen F. Austin Galveston Island When Moses Austin became ill he asked his son _____ to carry on with his settlement plan.
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6 Cotton Gin _____ are devices that separate cotton fibers from seeds.
Lively Stephen F. Austin Galveston Island _____ are devices that separate cotton fibers from seeds.
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7 Lively Cotton gin Lively Stephen F. Austin Galveston Island _____ is a ship that sailed from New Orleans in 1821 with colonists and a cargo of seeds, tools, and building materials.
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8 Galveston Island Cotton gin Lively Stephen F. Austin Galveston Island _____ place where the Lively wrecked on a second attempt to reach Texas.
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9 Militia _____ army made up of citizens who serve when necessary.
Cotton gin Lively Militia Galveston Island _____ army made up of citizens who serve when necessary.
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10 Baron de Bastrop Stephen F. Austin Jane Long Baron de Bastrop The first Texas citizen to serve in the Coahuila y Texas law-making body was _____.
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11 Promoted Empresarios were people who _____. Moved back to US
Promote TX Urged TX independence Empresarios were people who _____.
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12 Catholic Catholic Muslim Jewish Protestant The State Colonization Law of 1825 required new Texas settlers to become.
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13 12.5 cents an acre Less than a penny 12.5 cents $10 $100 How much did Texas settlers pay for the land they bought?
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14 1 year New settlers to Texas did not have to pay taxes for _____.
6 months 1 year 10 years 25 years New settlers to Texas did not have to pay taxes for _____.
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15 Gonzalez Refugio Kerrville Galveston Gonzalez The main town in the colony founded by Green DeWitt and James Kerr was called _____.
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16 De Leon Bastrop Zavala De Leon Austin Who was the only person to found a Texas colony of primarily Mexican settlers?
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17 Ranching The colony of Martin de Leon became an important _____?
Trading center Ranching center Farming center The colony of Martin de Leon became an important _____?
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18 40 4 40 400 4000 How many empresario contracts did Mexico grant?
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