Texas Studies Weekly Grade 4 Week 12

Article 1:

What were the Mexican government's two main goals for settlement in Texas?

• to find better land for farming and raising cattle

• to gain access to coal and other mineral resources

• to raise funds and to gain control of American Indian lands

• to settle more land in the West in order to expand the Mexican empire

Article 1:

Why did so many Americans flock to Texas in the 1820s?

• Free land was advertised to attract new settlers.

• They wanted to take the opportunity to start their own government.

• Settlers were not required to pay taxes, serve in the Mexican Army, or practice Catholicism.

• The government of Mexico gave its citizens more freedoms and rights than the early American government.

Article 1:

What was the Mexican government's main concern about having too many American settlers in Texas?

• The Mexican culture would be lost in Texas

• The settlers would be more loyal to the United States

• Relations would become strained and a war would break out.

• Texas would not have the resources to support both groups of people.

Article 2:

In 1833, what city did Texas representatives meet in?

• Dallas

• Houston

• Corpus Christi

• San Filipe de Austin

Article 2:

What did the representatives do at their meeting?

• They discussed possible solutions to agricultural problems in Texas

• They made plans to take over and restructure the government of Texas.

• They created a list of demands they hoped to present to the Mexican Congress.

• They created a petition demanding that the government lift certain trade bans with foreign countries.

Article 2:

On his return journey home, what happened to Stephen Austin?

• He was intercepted by a messenger with news of his father's death

• He was arrested for treason and sent back to Mexico City.

• He got lost in a storm and was rescued by a band of Comanche.

• He lost the message he was supposed to deliver to the other representatives.

Article 3:

What kind of leader was General Santa Anna?

• a president elected by the citizens

• a king descended from a long royal line

• a prime minister elected by a house of commons

• a dictator with all the power to run the government.

Article 3:

What event started the war between Texas and Mexico?

• Mexican officials removed a cannon from the city of Gonzales.

• Plans for a Mexican ambush were intercepted by Texas leaders

• Texas soldiers moved into Mexican territory without permission

• Starving Texans raided and stole food form a government storehouse.

Article 3:

What famous phrase did Texas shout in the first battle of the revolution?

• For the Republic

• Remember the Alamo

• Come and Take It

• Together We Stand

Article 4:

What were the goals of the 59 delegates who met a Washington on the Brazos?

• to draw up the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and end the war

• to dissolve the Republic of Texas and become part of the United States

• to create a formal declaration of Independence and draft a constitutuion

• to vote on representatives who would travel to Washington, DC to petition for statehood