Republic of Texas & Statehood

When the Texas Revolution came to an end, the Texas Army led by Sam Houston captured Santa Anna.  Santa Anna signed the _________________________ agreeing to never fight Texas again and withdraw all Mexican troops from Texas.

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Treaty of Annexation

• Treaty of Velasco

• The Constitution

What does the “Republic of Texas” mean?

• Texas could be annexed to the U.S.

• Texas became its own country.

• Texas’s land belonged to Mexico.

• Texas had to pay its debt to Mexico.

Sam Houston was the first president of the Republic of Texas.  Why was he elected?

• He was popular among the Texans.

• He was the first governor of Texas.

• He wrote the constitution.

• He led the Texas Army during the Revolution.

He was the 2nd president of the Republic of Texas.  He is known as the “Father of Education” because he set aside 18,000 acres for each county for school and universities, even though few schools were actually built.  Who is he?

• Mirabeau Lamar

• Sam Houston

• Anson Jones

• Martin Van Buren

Why was the capital of Texas moved from Houston to Austin?

• Houston was too close to the Gulf of Mexico.

• Austin was more centrally located. 

• Austin was located along the Rio Grande.

• Houston was not a popular city.

Who was the last president of the Republic of Texas? At the state capitol, he lowered the flag of the republic and raised the new flag representing their new statehood.

• George Washington

• Sam Houston

• Mirabeau Lamar

• Anson Jones

During the Mier Expedition, Texans were captured when they crossed into Mexico.  What did the “black beans” symbolize for prisoners? 

• Imprisonment for life

• Death by firing squad

• Return to Mexico

• Join the Mexican Army

Texas Congress voted to ________ the offer of statehood, and Texas finally became the 28th state of the U.S. on December 29, 1845.

• accept

• decline

• re-design

• amend

 How did Austin remain the capital of Texas?

• Mirabeau Lamar made a law saying that Austin would be the capital.

• The city of Austin was named after Stephen F. Austin.

• Texans got to vote to keep Austin as the capital, and the city received majority of the votes, so it remained the capital.

• Moving the capital was not put to a vote, so Austin remained the capital.

According to Texas, one con of annexing Texas to the U.S. was ____________________.

• to offer protection

• to pay off debt

• to gain independence

• to follow U.S. laws