Texas Revolution

Texas Revolution

Texas vs. Mexico

Multiple Choice

These were armed men who seized land in Texas

• Emprosarios

• Filibusters

Multiple Choice

Which represents the view of Santa Anna toward the Texans?

• Texans deserve to be treated as patriotic fighters with the right to defend their homes.

• Texans are brave opponents who may defeat the Mexican army.

• Texans are wrong to challenge the Mexican government and must be defeated.

• Texans should be allowed to surrender to the Mexican army without additional bloodshed.

Multiple Choice

Mexicans who lived in Texas were known as _________

• vaqueros

• Tejanos

Multiple Choice

This European country was firmly in control of Mexico

• Germany

• France

• Spain

• Great Britain

Multiple Choice

Under the Transcontinental Treaty (Adam-Onis Treaty), Spain ceded which piece of land to the USA?

• Louisiana

• Florida

• Texas

Multiple Choice

What was the goal of the Mexican Empresario system?

• Convert American filibusters to Mexican citizens

• To ensure Native Americans equal land rights

• Keep American squatters out of Mexico

Multiple Choice

Texans were offered legal Mexican citizenship if they complied with which of the following:

• Converted to Catholicism and learned Spanish

• Learned English and bathed weekly

• Paid $100.00 yearly and learned Spanish

Multiple Choice

____________ was the general and dictator of Mexico during the Texas Revolution

• Sheldon Cooper

• Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna

• Stephen F. Austin

• Viola De Lopez Davis

Multiple Choice

The Mexican government abolished this, which angered may Texans.

• Public education

• immigration tests

• mullets

• slavery

Multiple Choice

This was when the Mexican government banned slavery and imposed tariffs (taxes) on the residents of Texas.

• The Regulation of 1839

• The Laws of April 6, 1830

• The Laws of Retribution

Multiple Choice

He was the Dictator of Mexico in 1830

• Benito Juarez

• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

• Sam Houston

Multiple Choice

Predict:

Why might many Americans be worried about adding Texas to the United States?

• Because Texas had slavery, it would mean more slave states than free states in the U.S.

• Texas would have to free all of their slaves and there was nowhere for them to go.

• Many people believed Texas was too big and would want to take over the Union