Republic of Texas & Statehood Review!

Who am I?

*I was a member of the U.S. Congress before I came to

*Texas. I led the troops to success at San Jacinto. I was

*President of the Republic of Texas. A major Texas city is named for me.

Who am I?

• Anson Jones

• Mirabeau B. Lamar

• Sam Houston

• Stephen F. Austin

Why is Anson Jones important to Texas history?

• He helped to write the Texas state constitution.

• He was the first governor of the state of Texas.

• He worked to keep Texas an independent nation.

• He was the last president of the Republic of Texas.

Because I set aside land for public schools and two universities during my term as President of the Republic of Texas, I am often called the “Father of Texas Education.” Who am I?

• Juan N. Seguin

• Mirabeau B. Lamar

• Sam Houston

• Sam Rayburn

The picture above is a photo of José Antonio Navarro, an important figure in Texas history.

Navarro played an important role in the founding of Texas as a republic and later as a state in all of the following ways EXCEPT —

• he helped to draft the first state Constitution of Texas in 1845.

• he served as a representative in the Congress of the Republic of Texas.

• he was one of the first judges to serve in the courts established by the Republic of Texas.

• he was one of the original signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836.

Sam Houston, who played a major role in the founding of Texas as a republic, worried that Texas faced many problems it would not be able to handle as an independent country, and he supported the idea of joining the United States.

Which of the following is NOTone of the reasons why Sam Houston supported the idea of Texas joining the United States?

• He wanted to remove all of the Native American groups from Texas and felt that the only way to accomplish that was to join the United States.

• He felt that Texas needed the protection from Mexico that the United States could provide.

• exas had large debts as a result of its fight for independence from Mexico, and they needed the support that the United States could offer.

• Texas needed the services that being part of a large nation could provide, such as a postal system.

Which of the following was a problem that the Republic of Texas faced in 1836?

• People stopped moving to the Republic of Texas.

• Mexico refused to recognize Texas as an independent country.

• The United States took land in the Republic of Texas.

• The United States supported Mexican control of Texas.

Which of the following was another major problem for the Republic of Texas?

• Oil wells began to dry up.

• Pirates captured ships in the gulf.

• Raids by American Indians.

• People left Texas to mine gold in California.

Which of the following best explains why the economy of the Republic of Texas struggled after it became its own country?

• The coast along the Gulf of Mexico was not under their control, making trade with other nations very difficult.

• They were facing a very large debt as a result of money borrowed during the fight for independence from Mexico.

• The population was so large that there was no way for the government to support it.

• All of the farmable land in the new Republic was held by Native American groups.

The picture above shows the Texas Rangers, a group that played an important role in the Republic of Texas.

Sam Houston formed the Texas Rangers in hopes that they would be able to —

• claim new land to the east in Louisiana by taking over French settlements and forcing the settlers there to leave.

• lead raids into Mexico in order to find important resources for the Republic.

• protect those living in the Republic of Texas from Native American attacks.

• collect tax money from towns throughout the Republic.

After being elected President of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston's approach to dealing with Native Americans involved —

• forming treaties with groups such as the Cherokee.

• taking all resources produced by Native Americans living in the Republic.

• passing laws to remove all Native American groups from the Republic.

• allowing the most powerful tribes in the area to elect representatives that would serve in the Congress of the Republic of Texas.