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Revolutions and Filibusters

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1. What was the name of the mission built in San Antonio? Mission San Antonio de Valero
2. In what year was Mission San Antonio de Valero built? 1718
3. What was the name of the presidio built in San Antonio? Presidio San Antonio de Bexar
4. What mission would later be called the Alamo? Mission San Antonio de Valero
5. In what year was Mission Santa Cruz de San Saba built? 1757
6. What Indian tribe was Mission San Saba built for? Apache
7. What Indian tribe destroyed Mission San Saba? Comanche
8. How did missions appeal to Indians to convert to Catholicism? By offering food and protection from other tribes
9. What was the name of the main Spanish road built through Texas? El Camino Real
10. Why did Spanish missions fail? The Indians rejected Spanish culture.
11. What were the three Spanish settlements in Texas? San Antonio, La Bahia, and Nacogdoches
12. What political event led to Spain closing its missions? Getting ownership of Louisiana from France
13. What is a vaquero? Spanish cowboy
14. What famous Texas cow came from the Spanish? Longhorns
15. How did the Spanish assist the American Revolution against Great Britain in 1776? By driving cows to Louisiana
16. What two countries kept passing Louisiana back and forth like a tennis match? Spain and Louisiana
17. What French Emperor conquered Spain and sold Louisiana to the United States in 1803? Napoleon Bonaparte
18. What US President purchased Louisiana from France in 1803? Thomas Jefferson
19. How much did the US buy Louisiana for? $15,000,000
20. Where was the boundary of Louisiana and Texas after the Louisiana Purchase? The boundary was unclear
21. What is a filibuster? Someone who wages an unofficial war against another country
22. Who was Philip Nolan? An early American filibuster who was killed by the Spanish
23. Between what two settlements was the “Neutral Ground”? Nagodoches and Natchitoches
24. Who was the “Father of Mexican Independence” from Spain? Father Hidalgo
25. What day is Mexican Independence Day? September 16th, 1810
26. What happened to Father Hidalgo during his revolution? He was captured and beheaded
27. What were the name of the two men who started a revolution in Texas again Spain? Bernardo Gutierrez and Augustus Magee
28. What happened at the Battle of Medina in 1813? The Spanish defeated the Texas rebels
29. What 1819 treaty settled the border between Texas and Louisiana? Adams Onis Treaty
30. What led to the wealthy elite in Mexico to turn against Spain? Getting ignored by the King of Spain
31. What Mexican general declared himself King of Mexico? Augustine de Iturbide
32. What was the name of the plan for the wealthy and poor to work together to achieve independence from Spain? Plan de Iquala
33. In what year did Mexico get it’s independence? 1821
34. What American filibuster first entered Texas and was shot by Spanish troops? Phillip Nolan
35. What pirate operated out of Galveston and attacked Spanish ships? Jean Lafitte
36. What filibuster captured Nacogdoches and set up his own government? James Long
37. TRUE or False: Long lived to see Texas eventually join the United States. False
38. After the death of James Long, in what town did his wife Jane Long live? Galveston
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