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Weiss Unit 2-4
Colonization
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An army of volunteers, who often have little training or supplies. | Militia |
| Long-term economic time period characterized by unemployment, poor economy, and low levels of trade and investment | depression |
| A receipt given by the government for land that has been purchased. A receipt given by the government for land that has been purchased. | Land Grant |
| An agent hired by the Mexican government to bring settlers into Texas. | Empressario |
| Goods that are shipped INTO the country from other places, for sale. | Import |
| Goods that are shipped OUT of the country for sale in other places. | Export |
| A system in which people are free to own property and buy and sell goods at prices set by the people | Free enterprise |
| Large farm, used to grow cash crops usually worked by slaves. | Plantation |
| Mexican official who helped Stephen Austin get his land grants in Texas. | Erasmo Seguin |
| A government by the people, who express their power through Elections. | Democracy |
| Mexican constitution allowing immigration through empresarios | Constitution of 1824 |
| Divides power among branches of government including national and state governments | Federalism |
| Tejano, and friend of Stephen Austin. | Juan Seguin |
| Son of Moses, most successful empresario in Texas. Brought the old 300 into Texas to settle. | Stephen F. Austin |
| Father of Stephen, got the original empresario grant from Mexico to bring American Colonists into Texas before dying. | Moses Austin |
| Encouraged the Empresario system to increase immigration from America | State Colonization law of 1825 |
| Government Taxes placed on goods imported into a country. | Tariffs |
| Original group of American settlers brought to Texas by Stephen F. Austin | Old 300 |
| Restricted American colonies in Texas to protect the northern territories from becoming “too American” | National colonization law of 1824 |
| Outlawed Slavery, angering many American immigrants | State constitution of 1827 |