USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

SPANISH COLONIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did Anglo colonization of Texas differ from Spanish colonization of Texas?
A
Anglo settlers helped to build missions and presidios
B
Anglo settlers came with empresarios who sold them land grants
C
Anglo settlers hoped to claim land for the United States
D
Anglo settlers introduced Starbucks to to Mexico
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -How did Anglo colonization of Texas differ from Spanish colonization of Texas? Anglo settlers helped to build missions and presidios. Anglo settlers followed empresarios with land grants. Anglo settlers colonized along the border with Mexico.

Detailed explanation-2: -How did Anglo colonization of Texas differ from Spanish colonization of Texas? Anglo settlers followed empresarios with cheap land grants while the Spanish were claiming land for their country through missions and presidios.

Detailed explanation-3: -Spain expected the new settlers to increase economic development and help deter the aggressive and mobile plains Indians. The Anglo-Americans were attracted to the inexpensive land offered in Texas.

Detailed explanation-4: -AMERICAN SETTLERS MOVE TO TEXAS To increase the non-Indian population in Texas and provide a buffer zone between its hostile tribes and the rest of Mexico, Spain began to recruit empresarios. An empresario was someone who brought settlers to the region in exchange for generous grants of land.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Anglo-Americans were people who moved from the United States to Texas. They spoke English. Their parents or ancestors had come from northern Europe to America. Most of the Anglo-Americans did not come to Texas in large groups.

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