T4L2: Flipped Video - Events Leading to the Texas Revolution

The power struggle in Mexico during the Mexican Civil War was between which TWO groups?

• Federalists
• Centralists
• Americans
• Mexicans

Centralists believe in

• a strong central government
• power spread out in the states
• individual human rights
• separation of church and state

Federalists believe in

• a strong central government
• power spread out in the states
• individual human rights
• separation of church and state

Most Texas settlers were

• Federalists
• Centralists

The leader of the Federalists in Mexico was __________, who ultimately won the civil war in Mexico and became the leader of Mexico.

• Santa Anna
• Stephen F. Austin
• General Cos
• Captain Juan Davis Bradburn

The Texas Settlers wanted (select all that apply)

• immigration fron the U.S. to be allowed again
• Texas to be its own state in Mexico
• better mail service
• laws guaranteeing that the Native Americans could have land

The Texas Settlers wanted (select all that apply)

• court reform
• protection against Native American raids
• the right to use the English language in business and law
• Texas to join the United States

When Santa Anna came to power, he granted most of the wishes of the Texas settlers, however, he DID NOT grant them

• Texas statehood
• legal U.S. immigration
• more local government offices

Stephen F. Austin was arrested because

• he met with Santa Anna, and Santa Anna did not like what SFA said to him.
• he wrote a letter to officials in San Antonio telling them to prepare for Texas statehood.
• he told the Texans that they had to go to war.
• he did not pay all of the money on his empresario contracts.

Santa Anna suspended the Mexican Constitution of 1824 and closed many local government offices. This was because he switched to the __________ side to gain more power.

• Centralist
• Federalist
• Monarchist
• Anti-monarchist