Life in the Republic of Texas

Annexation is:

• The process of one country taking over all or part of another country

• The process of one state leaving a country

• Always a hostile takeover of someone else's land

Why was Sam Houston most likely elected President of the new Republic instead of SFA or Lamar?

• SFA didn't fight in the Revolution

• Lamar was unknown in Texas

• Sam Houston was a war hero

An example of public lands:

• Grocery store

• National park

• A person's home

Which President would have said the following: "The white man and the red man can not dwell in harmony together as nature forbids it."

• Sam Houston

• Mirabeau Lamar

• Dr. Anson Jones

Money that a government collects is called:

• Public debt

• Revenue

• Domestic Policy

Houston moved the capital to:

• Waterloo

• Austin

• Houston

Lamar was against annexation by the US because:

• He wanted to expand the land to the Pacific Ocean.

• He was angry at America for not helping more in the Texas Revolution

• He was trying to clear up the debt first.

Lamar moved the capital to Waterloo (later renamed Austin) because:

• it was more central and he hoped to grow the republic west

• To make Sam Houston mad

• to be closer to the natives to fight and remove them from the the republic.

Which President of the republic increased the size of the army and created a navy?

• Houston

• Lamar

• Jones

Which President increased taxes, cut government spending and got rid of the army?

• Houston

• Lamar

• Jones