Unit 5.1 Quiz Texas Revolution

1. Mier y Teran

• Mexican officer supported by Texans because he was a federalist

• Mexican General investigating Texas and reporting observations

• Texan colonist arrested for protesting Mexican laws in Texas

• Mexican army captain who arrested two Texans at Anahuac

Juan Davis Bradburn

• Mexican officer supported by Texans because he was a federalist

• Mexican General investigating Texas and reporting observations

• Texan colonist arrested for protesting Mexican laws in Texas

• Mexican army captain who arrested two Texans at Anahuac

Santa Anna

• Mexican officer supported by Texans because he was a federalist

• Mexican General investigating Texas and reporting observations

• Texan colonist arrested for protesting Mexican laws in Texas

• Mexican army captain who arrested two Texans at Anahuac

William B. Travis

• Mexican officer supported by Texans because he was a federalist

• Mexican General investigating Texas and reporting observations

• Texan colonist arrested for protesting Mexican laws in Texas

• Mexican army captain who arrested two Texans at Anahuac

Who tried to establish an independent colony in Texas called the Republic of Fredonia?

• Stephen F. Austin

• Haden Edwards

• Santa Anna

• Miguel Hidalgo

Mexico’s response to the failed independent colony was to create a law called the -

• Fredonian Law

• Law of Texas and Mexico

• Mexican Law over Texas

• Law of April 6, 1830

This new law stopped immigration from -

• the U.S. to Texas

• Texas to Canada

• Mexico to the U.S.

• the U.S. to Canada

In addition, this law increased taxes and outlawed slavery in Texas. Most Texans were -

• upset and moved back to the U.S.

• angry and made formal protests

• happy with the changes being made

• pleased that slavery was being outlawed

What was the name of the document that the Texans wrote to Mexico next?

• Tortoise Box Recommendations

• Table Border Rationalizations

• Turtle Bayou Resolutions

• Tea Brittle Reservations

What did the Texans declare in this document?

• That they wanted to break away from Mexico and become their own country

• That they had found gold in the mountains of far west Texas

• That they were loyal to Mexico but wanted some changes in the government

• That they knew how to raise cotton, and it would be a very profitable crop for them