Convention of 1836 NOTES QUIZ

What was happening at the same time as the Convention of 1836

• World War 1

• World War 2

• War of 1812

• Siege of the Alamo

Most of the delegates were ______________.

• Anglo

• Tejano

Some delegates like Jose Antonio Navarro and Jose Francisco Ruiz were _________________.

• Anglo

• Tejano

President of the Convention of 1835

• Richard Ellis

• George C. Childress

• David G. Burnet

• Lorenzo de Zavala

Person in charge of the committee that drafted(WROTE) the Texas Declaration of Independence

• Richard Ellis

• George C. Childress

• David G. Burnet

• Lorenzo de Zavala

Ad interim (TEMPORARY) President of the REPUBLIC OF TEXAS

• David G. Burnet

• Sam Houston

• Lorenzo de Zavala

• All listed

Ad interim (TEMPORARY) VICE President of the REPUBLIC OF TEXAS

• David G. Burnet

• Sam Houston

• Lorenzo de Zavala

• All Listed

The Texans used the _______________________ Declaration of Independence as an outline to copy.

• United States

• Mexican

What was the main reason why the Texans wanted to declare independence from Mexico?

• Santa Anna was mean

• Santa Anna had abolished(destroyed) the Constitution of 1824

• Texas wanted to farm cotton

• Texas wanted to end tariffs

The Texans also wrote a Constitution that outlined which principle of government

• Republicanism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Individual Rights

• All Listed