The Early Republic and Houston's 1st Term

Why did Mexico refuse to acknowledge the Treaties of Velasco?

• The Mexican government had executed Santa Anna.
• They felt Santa Anna only signed them because he feared for his life.
• Velasco was an enemy of the Mexican Army.
• There was no Treaty of Velasco

______ was surrendering to ______.

• Sam Houston / Santa Anna

• Santa Anna / Sam Houston

• Juan Seguin / Sam Houston

• US / Texas

True or False

There were 2 Treaties of Velasco, one private and one public.

• True

• False

What year did Texas win its independence?

• 1832
• 1836
• 1845
• 1860

Which treaty ended the Texas Revolution?

• Velasco
• Paris
• Versailles
• Guadalupe-Hidalgo

Sam Houston was the first AND third president of which country?

• The United States of America

• The United Mexican States

• The Republic of Texas

• The Republic of the Rio Grande

The Republic of Texas has a lot of debt because of

• The Texas Revolution

• The Mexican Revolution

• The U.S. Revolution

• The Spanish Revolution

How did Sam Houston try to solve the conflicts with Native Americans in Texas?

• Taking their lands

• Forcing them out of Texas

• Creating a Reservation

• Making a Peace Treaty

Sam Houston was against Texas Annexation into the U.S.

• True 
• False

When Texas won its independence, the new country faced a lot of problems such as.... (check all that apply)

• Conflicts with Native Americans and Native American raids

• Texas was in debt (had no money)

• Texas had too much oil

• Mexico did not recognize Texas as independent

• The United States wanted to take control of Texas