Mexican National Era Exam

Mexico achieved its independence from Spain in _______.

______________ helped organize an expedition of US Volunteers and captured Nacogdoches, La Bahia and San Antonio and helped achieve independence from Spain.

In _____ the Louisiana Purchase made by the US made Spain feel threatened and began a plan to protect its borders.

In the __________ American volunteer forces were killed while they fought to gain Mexican independence from Spain.

How your government is organized, who does what describes the word...

Spanish for businessman-  describes the word...

A country where citizens elect their leaders to represent them in government  describes the word...

A way of categorizing people into classes from upper to lower; based on race and location of birth  describes the word...

Fill in the blank. 

_______________ did not really want to take on his fathers venture as an empresario. He arrives to San Antonio in 1821 and received a grant under his father's grant. Hi was then permitted to choose a site for his colony by the Brazos and San Antonio Rivers. 

Which empresario is describe by the following statement? 

- After his father passed away, he brought the first 300 Americans to live in Texas. 

Which empresario is describe by the following statement? 

- A Tejano rancher who became a prominent San Antonio businessman and would deliver Austin his approval letter. 

Which empresario is describe by the following statement? 

-American empresario that brought 400 families to settle near what today is Gonzales.