Texas Revolution after the Alamo

This was the name given to the time period after the Alamo but before San Jacinto where Santa Anna had many successful battles and seemed unstoppable. Sam Houston ordered that retreating Texans should not leave anything behind that could be of use to the Mexican Army

• The Massacre at Goliad

• The Convention of 1836

• The Oregon Trail

• Runaway Scrape

Why was the Battle of the Alamo a turning point for the Texans?

• It gave the war a moral purpose and made other Texans want to fight for Independence

• Their victory gave them the confidence to continue on

• The loss defeated the Texans and ended the war

• Their victory ended the Texas Revolution

Who wrote the famous letter with the quote "Victory or Death!"?

• Sam Houston

• Jim Bowie

• William B Travis

• George C. Childress

Click the government and military leaders of the Texans? Pick 2

• Sam Houston

• Santa Anna

• Jose Urrea

• David G Burnett

Why was San Jacinto an important battle in Texas History?

• The loss kept Texas a part of Mexico

• The victory kept Texas a part of Mexico

• The Texans victory allowed Texas to take over Mexico

• It secured Texas independence from Mexico

What two events after the fall of the Alamo led to Texas Independence

• Goliad Massacre and the Battle of San Jacinto

• Battle of Gonzales and Goliad

• Bexar and Goliad

• Gonzales and Runaway Scrape

Reorder the following

Battle of Gonzales 

Mexico passes law limiting immigration into TX from the US

Texan and Mexican soldiers face off at the Alamo

Santa Anna sends troops in to Texas

• Battle of Gonzales

• Mexico passes a law limiting immigration into Tx from the US

• Santa Anna sends troops into Texas

• Texan and Mexican soldiers face off at the Alamo

Why did Sam Houston order the town of Gonzales to be burned

• to trick the Mexican Army into thinking the Texans had lost

• So the Mexican army could not take more supplies

• To punish the Mexicans for attacks at the Alamo

• to stop the spread of small pox

After Goliad, Sam Houston's strategy became...

• punishing the Mexican army for the massacre

• avoiding fights because he felt the Texas Army was small and untrained

• he ordered random ambushes on the Mexican army

• He attempted negotiations with Santa Anna for peace

Which answer is not true about the Battle of San Jacinto

• Mexican troops would be forced to fight in an open field

• The Texans took took cover in a grove of trees

• The Texans took positions on higher ground

• Mexican ships fired on the Texans in the Gulf of Mexico