POLS 2302 UPDATED SCRIPT 2026
PRACTICE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● The only woman to have a Texas river, county, and national forest
named for her is: Answer: Angelina
● The first Spanish Settlement: Answer: Nacogdoches
● Which of the following attempts to liberate Texas from Spanish rule
ended with the defeat of the revolutionary forces at the Battle of
Medina? Answer: The Gutierrez-Magee Expedition
● The Louisiana Purchase of 1803: Answer: All the above
● According to your readings, which of the following was one of the
first Anglo women business entrepreneurs in Texas? Answer: Jane Long
● The Treaty of Fontainebleau is important to Texas history because it:
Answer: Gave Spain all territory west of the Mississippi River.
● Which of the following was the first European to explore present-day
Texas? Answer: Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
, ● The establishment and settlement of Austin's Colony might not have
occurred without Moses Austin receiving assistance from: Answer:
Baron de Bastrop
● The "Old Three Hundred" refers to: Answer: The grant allowed Austin
to settle 300 families
● Frederick Ernst is known as: Answer: "Father of German Immigrants
to Texas"
● Most European and American immigrants to Texas in the mid-1800s
originally arrived: Answer: At Indianola
● Which of the following was a signal to Anglo merchants and buffalo
hunters that the Texas Panhandle was open to settlement and the Indian
population in the region had been subdued? Answer: First Battle of
Adobe Wall
● Settlers from ______________________ formed the nucleus of the
first regularly organized civil government in Texas (San Fernando de
Bexar). Answer: Canary Islands
● Henri Castro: Answer: led the effort to settle French immigrants in
Texas.
PRACTICE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● The only woman to have a Texas river, county, and national forest
named for her is: Answer: Angelina
● The first Spanish Settlement: Answer: Nacogdoches
● Which of the following attempts to liberate Texas from Spanish rule
ended with the defeat of the revolutionary forces at the Battle of
Medina? Answer: The Gutierrez-Magee Expedition
● The Louisiana Purchase of 1803: Answer: All the above
● According to your readings, which of the following was one of the
first Anglo women business entrepreneurs in Texas? Answer: Jane Long
● The Treaty of Fontainebleau is important to Texas history because it:
Answer: Gave Spain all territory west of the Mississippi River.
● Which of the following was the first European to explore present-day
Texas? Answer: Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
, ● The establishment and settlement of Austin's Colony might not have
occurred without Moses Austin receiving assistance from: Answer:
Baron de Bastrop
● The "Old Three Hundred" refers to: Answer: The grant allowed Austin
to settle 300 families
● Frederick Ernst is known as: Answer: "Father of German Immigrants
to Texas"
● Most European and American immigrants to Texas in the mid-1800s
originally arrived: Answer: At Indianola
● Which of the following was a signal to Anglo merchants and buffalo
hunters that the Texas Panhandle was open to settlement and the Indian
population in the region had been subdued? Answer: First Battle of
Adobe Wall
● Settlers from ______________________ formed the nucleus of the
first regularly organized civil government in Texas (San Fernando de
Bexar). Answer: Canary Islands
● Henri Castro: Answer: led the effort to settle French immigrants in
Texas.
