Chapter 12 Texas Wins Independence 7th Grade

Severe __________ made the Runaway Scrape more difficult for the Texans.

• drought

• hurricane

• spring rains

• dust storm

The Texas government at Washington-on-the-Brazos named ______________ as commander-in-chief of the Texas army in March of 1836.

• David Burnet

• Sam Houston

• Mirabeau Lamar

• William Barret Travis

_______________ commanded the Texas cavalry at the Battle of San Jacinto.

• Mirabeau Lamar

• Sam Houston

• Stephen F. Austin

• William Barret Travis

One of the Treaties of Velasco, signed after the Battle of San Jacinto, recognized Texas ___________.

• annexation

• independence

• sovereignty

• collapse

____________ brought additional troops to the Mexican army just before the Battle of San Jacinto.

• Martin Perfecto de Cós

• Santa Anna

• Sam Houston

• William Barret Travis

___________ burned on Sam Houston’s order before he began his retreat.

• Gonzales

• Groce

• Garrett

• Gomez

______________ place where the Mexican army was prevented from crossing, so they turned south to capture the capital.

• Brazos River

• Rio Grande

• Sabinal River

• Cincinnati River

____________ city that donated “The Twin Sisters” to the Texan army.

• Utopia

• Cincinnati

• Gonzales

• Washington

____________ meeting place of the convention that named Sam Houston commander of the Texan army.

• Washington on the Brazos

• Plantation of Jared Groce

• Austin on the Brazos

• Houston on the Brazos

______________ place where the Texan army trained for about two weeks in April 1836.

• The plantation of Jared Groce

• The plantation of Sam Houston

• The plantation of William Travis

• The plantation of Stephen Austin