Unit 6 Republic/Statehood Review

1. What happened in the Cordova Rebellion?

• The Texas government attempted to collect taxes on imported goods, property, and livestock to reduce the public debt.

• A group of Tejanos, with help from Mexico, joined with Native Americans to fight against the Texas Republic.

• President Houston attempted to move the government’s archives out of Austin if the city came under attack.

• The Texas Rangers held a group of Comanche negotiators hostage until they agreed to release their white captives.

Under the Compromise of 1850-

• voters in Nevada decided whether to allow slavery in their state.

• all the territories of the Mexican Cession were admitted as free states.

• For $10 million, Texas gave up it's claim to New Mexico.

• lands bought from France through the Louisiana Purchase became part of Texas.

Why is 1845 such an important year in Texas History?

• the United States annexed Texas.

• Texas declared its independence from Mexico.

• Texas seceded from the Union.

• Mexico achieved its independence from Spain

• Spain discovered Texas, and claimed the land for their country.

Which free African American became a successful businessman in Nacogdoches, negotiated with the Cherokees, and built both a sawmill and a gristmill?

• William Goyens

• Norris Wright Cuney

• Joshua Houston

• Frederick Douglass

In 1819-1820, he brought the Cherokee Indians to East Texas.

In July 1839, he was killed at the Battle the Neches.

Which individual is described above?

• Chief Stand Watie

• William Goyens

• Chief Sitting Bull

• Chief Philip Bowles

• Chief John Jolly

Why did the United States Congress refuse to annex Texas in the 1830s?

• They knew many Texans were against annexation.

• They did not want to pay the debts that Texas owed from the war.

• Northern states did not want to upset the balance between free states and slaves states by annexing Texas.

• They feared war with Native Americans, if they annexed territory that was controlled by Native American tribes.

· Sam Houston is elected as President of Texas.

· Lamar is elected as President of Texas.

· The Santa Fe Expedition takes place.

· The Archives War break out.

· The Mier Expedition takes place.

During which period of time did these events happen?

• Revolutionary Texas

• Events of the Republic of Texas

• Anglo Colonization

• Spanish Colonial

One reason the Republic of Texas had financial difficulties was that -

• the government had few sources of revenue and printed too much paper money.

• its trade with Mexico was stopped after Texas achieved independence.

• the United States boycotted goods from Texas to avoid war with Mexico.

• the government refused to pay retired soldiers for their former service.

Which President of the Republic of Texas declared that “the white man and the red man cannot dwell in harmony” and demanded that the Cherokee Indians leave Texas?

• Sam Houston

• David G. Burnet

• Anson Jones

• Mirabeau B. Lamar

• Stephen F. Austin

Which of the following was the main reason for the U.S.-Mexican War?

• The Mexican government demanded the return of Texas to Mexico.

• The Mexican government protested the treatment of Mexican citizens in Texas.

• There was an argument over the location of the boundary between Texas and Mexico.

• The Mexican government wanted to exercise control over the government of Texas.

• Mexico wanted to fullfill it's Manifest Destiny.