Struggle for Independence

Which best completes the sequence of events?

1) Battle of Gonzales

2) Alamo

3) San Jacinto

4) ______________________

• Turtle Bayou Resolutions

• Treaty of Velasco

• Anahuac

• Goliad Massacre

The Texas Revolution was fueled by

• self-determination

• water rights

• Manifest Destiny

• religious freedom

Use the headline below and your knowledge of social studies to answer this:

Mexico Gains It's Independence from Spain

• 1836

• 1718

• 1821

• 1519

What is a political idea stated in the Texas Declaration of Independence?

• new governments guarantee peace and happiness

• governments should not be overthrown

• governments run by a dictator are evill

• governments obtain their power to govern from the people

What happened because of Article 9?

• Mexico gained more control over Texas

• Mexico suspended all empresario grants

• Mexico ended all immigration from the United States

• Mexico encouraged settlers to come to Texas from Mexico and Europe

A grievance found in the Texas Declaration of Independence is that

• people did not have the right to vote

• people did not have the right to protest

• people did not have the right to freedom of religion

• people did not have the right to freedom of speech

Who was the author of the Texas Declaration of Independence?

• Richard Ellis

• George Childress

• Lorenzo de Zavala

• Sam Houston

What was William Barrett Travis's main goal when writing his letter?

• call for help from the United States to defeat Mexico

• surrender the Alamo to Santa Anna

• advocate a war between the Texas colonists and Mexico

• negotiate a peace plan with Mexico

One of the major contributions made by William B. Travis during the Texas Revolution was to do what?

• send Sam Houston men and supplies

• blow up the Alamo

• surrender the Alamo

• hinder Santa Anna's march through Texas

What do the following people have in common: Davy Crockett, William B. Travis, James Fannin and James Bowie

• Signers of the Turtle Bayou Resolutions

• Defenders of the Alamo

• Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence

• Died in the Texas Revolution