POLS 2301 Exam 1 Lamar University
Baron de Bastrop - CORRECT ANSWER-worked with Moses Austin to colonize TX;
instrumental in passage of an act to establish a port at Galveston
Stephen F. Austin - CORRECT ANSWER-son of Moses; Brazos and Colorado Rivers
boundaries for Austin's Colony
Old Three Hundred - CORRECT ANSWER-300 families allowed to colonize south of El
Camino Real
Battle of Medina - CORRECT ANSWER-Spanish army defeated Gutierrez and Magee
expedition
Demographics of Austin's Colony - CORRECT ANSWER-Anglo-Americans who were
British; moved from the Trans-Appalachian South
African Movements into Texas - CORRECT ANSWER-slaves in Austin's colony; 13000
Africans by 1836
Constitution of 1836 - CORRECT ANSWER-held that unless the Congress of the
Republic ruled that a petitioner could stay, all free non-white persons were required to
leave the state by January 1, 1842, or be sold into slavery
Juneteenth - CORRECT ANSWER-Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston to issue the
General Order No. 3
General Order No. 3 - CORRECT ANSWER-Declared All Slaves are Free
San Antonio de Bexar - CORRECT ANSWER-most successful presidio (settlement) in
TX
Adobe Walls - CORRECT ANSWER-trading posts built by Anglo settlers where Kit
Carson retired after attacking a Kiowa village
Chief Quanah Parker - CORRECT ANSWER-comanche chief who lead an attack on
buffalo camp with 28 Anglo men residing there.
Red River War - CORRECT ANSWER-Comanche Indians and Chief Parker surrender
at Fort Sill
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe - CORRECT ANSWER-successfully resettled; known for
peace and diplomacy
Baron de Bastrop - CORRECT ANSWER-worked with Moses Austin to colonize TX;
instrumental in passage of an act to establish a port at Galveston
Stephen F. Austin - CORRECT ANSWER-son of Moses; Brazos and Colorado Rivers
boundaries for Austin's Colony
Old Three Hundred - CORRECT ANSWER-300 families allowed to colonize south of El
Camino Real
Battle of Medina - CORRECT ANSWER-Spanish army defeated Gutierrez and Magee
expedition
Demographics of Austin's Colony - CORRECT ANSWER-Anglo-Americans who were
British; moved from the Trans-Appalachian South
African Movements into Texas - CORRECT ANSWER-slaves in Austin's colony; 13000
Africans by 1836
Constitution of 1836 - CORRECT ANSWER-held that unless the Congress of the
Republic ruled that a petitioner could stay, all free non-white persons were required to
leave the state by January 1, 1842, or be sold into slavery
Juneteenth - CORRECT ANSWER-Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston to issue the
General Order No. 3
General Order No. 3 - CORRECT ANSWER-Declared All Slaves are Free
San Antonio de Bexar - CORRECT ANSWER-most successful presidio (settlement) in
TX
Adobe Walls - CORRECT ANSWER-trading posts built by Anglo settlers where Kit
Carson retired after attacking a Kiowa village
Chief Quanah Parker - CORRECT ANSWER-comanche chief who lead an attack on
buffalo camp with 28 Anglo men residing there.
Red River War - CORRECT ANSWER-Comanche Indians and Chief Parker surrender
at Fort Sill
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe - CORRECT ANSWER-successfully resettled; known for
peace and diplomacy
