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Unit 3.1 Organizer Part 1

Directions: Use Chapter 7 Lessons 1 & 2 (Pages 164-175) in your textbook in order to answer the following questions.

Part 1. For questions #1-10 use Lesson 1 to determine whether or not the statement is True or False. If the statement is False, please correct it in the lines provided.

__1. Alliances are agreements among countries to work together.

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__2. After the Seven Years’ War, Great Britain gained control of Louisiana.

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__3. King Charles III appointed Marques de Rubi to inspect the frontier provinces in

East Texas.

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__4. Rubi’s vista took nearly two years to complete.

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__5. Rubi proposed that Spain strengthen its presence in East Texas by enticing settlers

to move there.

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__6. Spain successfully colonized much of Texas.

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__7. Settlers in Bucareli were forced to move because of crop failures, disease, and

conflict with Native Americans.

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__8. Gil Y’Barbo helped the East Texas colonists settle into their new home of San

Antonio.

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__9. The original East Texas settlers returned to found the town of Nacogdoches.

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__10. Authorities in Spain closely controlled the settlement at Nacogdoches.

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Part 2. For questions #11-15 use the information in the textbook in Lesson 2, (pages 171-175), to complete the blanks.

11. After the defeat at Medina, rebels used ______as a base against the Spanish fleet. In 1816 rebel leaders declared the port of Galveston to be part of the Mexican republic.

12. French pirate ______was named commissioner of Galveston. After helping revolutionaries transport forces to Mexico, Aury returned to find Galveston occupied by the pirate ______.

13. He was more interested in taking Spanish cargo than in helping the rebels’ cause. He abandoned Galveston Island and sailed southward along the ______coast. ______colonists, led by Charles Francois Lallemand, tried to start a colony on the Trinity River. The colony was ______in July 1818 after the Spanish governor sent troops to displace the colonists.

14. James Long was a ______who tried to take Texas away from Spain. He led 300 rebels into Texas and captured the town of ______.

15. After Spanish troops attacked Long’s forces, he returned to New Orleans to gather more ______. Spanish forces surrounded and captured Long’s forces at ______.

Part 3. Summary: Write a summary (4-6 sentences) explaining how 3 different events from this time affected Texas.