Texas Declaration of Independence

Texas delegates signed the Texas Declaration of Independence in...

• San Antonio

• Houston

• Auston

• Washington-on-the Brazos

Texas Independence day is on...

• March 2, 1836

• July 4, 1776

• December 25, 2000

Helped write the Texas Declaration of Independence.

• Lorenzo de Zavala

• Sam Houston

• Santa Anna

• James Bowie

The purpose of the Texas Declaration of Independence was to declare...

• independence from Mexico

• Texas as Tejas

• Texas as the capital of Mexico

• Texas as a State

Texas Revolution was caused by the following reasons EXCEPT...

• Texas was not its own state in Mexico.

• The Mexican Constitution of 1824 was overturned.

• Mexican authorities disapproved of slavery.

• Texas wanted to pay more taxes.

Helped design the ad interim government at Washington-on-the Brazos.

• Lorenzo de Zavala

• Sam Houston

• Santa Anna

• James Bowie

The dictator controlling Mexico

• Lorenzo de Zavala

• Sam Houston

• Santa Anna

• Juan N. Seguín

What was one purpose of the Texas Declaration of Independence?

• To state complaints about Mexican rule

• To name complaints about the Constitution of 1824

• To create a new government with three branches

• To make a plan for defeating Santa Anna’s army

What is the origin of the state celebration, Texas Independence Day, which is

held each year on the second of March?

• That day in 1836, delegates at the Convention of 1836 voted in favor of

  the Texas Declaration of Independence.

• That day in 1835, 300 volunteers attacked Mexican forces in San Antonio.

• That day in 1833, Stephen F. Austin traveled to Mexico City to talk to

  Mexican officials.

• That day in 1824, delegates at the Consultation of 1824 voted in favor of

  the Constitution of 1824.

Tejano means

• Mexicans living in Texas

• Texas colonists from Europe

• Texas

• a leaders who takes total control