Texas Revolution

Haden and Benjamin Edwards led a rebellion against the Mexican government and established a short-lived independent colony called the _____.

• the Edwards Colony

• Haden's Place

• the Republic of Fredonia

• Independent Texas

What is missing from the Law of April 6, 1830?

• Made Texas a free and independent nation.

• Allowed Texans to elect their own leaders.

• Stopped immigration from the U.S. to Texas.

• Required the Texans to join the Mexican army.

During the Turtle Bayou Resolutions, Texans declared loyalty to Mexico and declared their support for the Mexican Constitution of 1824.

• True

• False

Federalists won the Mexican Civil War and elected _______ to be President of Mexico.

• Anastasio Bustamante

• Martin de Leon

• Augustine de Iturbide

• Santa Anna

Stephen F. Austin was sent to Mexico City to present Santa Anna with a request that _____________.

• Texans be given permission to practice religions other than Catholic.

• Texas be allowed to elect representatives as a separate state in Mexico.

• the price of land in Texas be raised to 15 cents an acre.

• the Mexican government defend the Texans against the local Native Americans

Stephen F. Austin was arrested by Mexican authorities and imprisoned for a year because he _______.

• called the President of Mexico a coward and a liar.

• robbed the National Bank of Mexico.

• refused to pay taxes to the Mexican government.

• wrote a letter encouraging Texans to form their own government.

During the ____________ Texans created a flag with the words "Come and Take It" written on it after Mexican soldiers attempted to take a cannon from them.

• Fredonian Rebellion

• Protest at Anahuac

• Battle of Gonzales

• Convention of 1832

Sam Houston was chosen as President

Lorenzo de Zavala chosen as Vice-President

David G. Burnet was chosen as Commander of the Army.

• True

• False

Stephen F. Austin led an army of Texas Volunteers that surrounded the town of _________, which was under the control of Mexican General Martin Perfecto de Cos.

• San Felipe

• San Antonio

• San Jacinto

• San Angelo

William B. Travis wrote a letter ending with "Victory or Death" asking for _______.

• permission to immediately surrender his army.

• the U.S. Army to declare war on Mexico.

• his soldiers to retreat to the U.S.

• reinforcements to help defend the Alamo.