Republic of Texas

What does the star on the Republic of Texas flag represent?

• independence of Texas from all other countries

• Texas as part of the United States

• the night sky

• the Alamo

Who was the first president of the Republic of Texas?

• Stephen F. Austin

• Davy Crockett

• Mirabeau B. Lamar

• Sam Houston

Who is known as "The Father of Texas"?

• Sam Houston

• Stephen F. Austin

• Anson Jones

• Mirabeau B. Lamar

Texas became the ___th state in the United States on Dec. 29, 1845.

• 50

• 10

• 30

• 28

What was a result of the Mexican-American War?

• Texas became part of the United States.

• Mexico gave up it's claim to Texas.

• Texas became the Republic of Texas

• Texas was ruled by Mexico.

Which of the following was NOT a success during the Republic?

• freedoms such as freedom of speech and freedom of religion was denied to the settlers.

• a constitution was written

• land was set aside for schools

• a site was selected for the state capital

What is a constitution?

• a peace treaty

• a building

• a name given to an independent country

• a set of rules or laws

What was an economic problem that the Republic of Texas faced?

• The president wanted all of the Indian tribes removed from Texas.

• Comanche Indians killed settlers and captured the children.

• debt increased and inflation increased

• debt decreased and inflation decreased.

What was the Council House Fight?

• a fight where the Comanche Indians refused to let the settler captives go

• a fight that broke out between the Indians and settlers

• peace talks

• a fight that happened because the president wanted all of the Indians out of Texas

Who were the Hispanic founding fathers of the Texas Republic?

• Santa Anna and Lorenzo de Zavala

• Lorenzo de Zavala and Mirabeau Lamar

• Jose Antonio Navarro and Sam Houston

• Jose Antonio Navarro and Lorenzo de Zavala