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Unit 3

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  • Why were the people who moved to the Neutral Ground free from legal authorities?
    US had no interest in ruling it
    fugitives outnumbered the legal authorities
    Spain had no interest in controlling it
    no nation governed it
  • Why did Philip Nolan to stay out of Texas?
    they thought he was a spy for the US
    he was a smuggler in the Neutral Ground
    he caught wild horses in central TX
    they thought he was a spy for Britain
  • What is a filibuster?
    person who was warned to stay out of TX
    a person who settles somewhere illegally
    someone fighting another country w/o govt permission
    someone who represents a nation's govt
  • What was one reason Mexico wanted independence from Spain?
    colonists resented Spain's half-hearted attempt to rule them
    colonists were excluded from the best jobs
    Spanish king gave money and land to colonial churches
    Spain wanted to support public churches exclusively
  • What troops were involved in the Gutierrrez-Magee Expedition?
    Republican Army of the North
    Spanish forces
    French forces from the Seven Year's War
    British forces from the Seven Year's War
  • When did Spanish colonial rule in Texas begin?
    when the first missions were opened
    when San Antonio was settled
    when the first conquistadors mapped Texas
    when civil war in Spain began
  • What was the purpose of the Marques de Rubi's tour of the frontier provinces?
    determine possibilities for exploration in E. TX
    cultivate important relationships with settlers of E. TX
    recommend a course of action for the E. TX settlements
    evaluate resources available in E. TX for export to Spain
  • What was the cause of dispute between the United States and Spain?
    tributary of the Arroyo Hondo River
    boundary between TX and LA
    opening of the port of New Orleans
    Louisiana Purchase
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