TExES Gen. 4-8 - Social Studies Questions and Answers 100% Pass

TExES Gen. 4-8 - Social Studies Questions and Answers 100% Pass Texas Natives - Caddo, Coahuiltecans, Karankawas Caddo - Built the first buildings in Texas Coahuiltecans - Nomadic trappers and hunters Karankawas - Created dugout canoes and small ships Lipan, Apache and Comanche - Buffalo hunters who tamed wild mustangs Pueblo - Built elaborate homes and cites Reasons for European Exploration - 1. To find new trade routes to the far east 2. To map uncharted areas 3. To find treasure 4. To set up colonies 5. Missionary Work De Pineda - 1519 - Led first expedition to TX. Explored the Gulf De Vaca - 1527 - Mission to claim land in the Gulf. Started in FL and traveled to TX. Mapped and recorded parts of TX. One of the first records of America Coronado - 1540 - Came to find the city of gold, but left empty handed 2 | P a g e Emily Charlene © 2025, All Rights Reserved. La Salle - 1682 - French explore who came from Canada down the Miss. River and claimed land for France. Set up the first French colony in TX. William Bradford - 2nd gov. of the Plymouth colony and ordered the first Thanksgiving with the Natives Roger Williams - Banished from Plymouth for advocating for religious freedom and set up RI John Smith - Est. trade relations with the Powhatans Pocahontas - Daughter of Powhatan chief and convinced him to help the Jamestown settlers John Rolfe - Member of Jamestown and started American tobacco industry Squanto - A Patuxet Native who taught the Plymouth settlers to fish, hunt and grow crops Mayflower Compact - 1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony. The French and Indian War - 1754-63 - Conflict between the French and the British. The Natives fought with the French. Cause of the French and Indian War - Britain and France were at war and this led to conflicts between their colonies British wanted land owned by the French for fur trading Results of the French and Indian War - 1. French lost most of it's North American land 2. Britain got the land east of the river 3. Spain got the land west of the river and New Orleans 4. Britain cracked down on the colonies 3 | P a g e Emily Charlene © 2025, All Rights Reserved. American Revolution - 1776-83 The Articles of the Confederation - First American Constitution Monarch free government Weak federal rights and strong states rights The War of 1812 - Between British and Americans. Causes of the War of 1812 - Britain and France were capturing U.S. trade ships U.S. wanted Canada and Florida Results of the War of 1812 - Britain recognized the U.S.'s boundaries Industry flourished because they did not need to rely on British imports U.S. was recognized by other countries The Homestead Act of 1862 - This act granted 160 acres to any