TX23 - TX Revolution - War Begins

Put each of these descriptions into the correct ERA category:

Groups:

(a) Age of Contact

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(b) Spanish Colonial

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(c) Mexican National

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(d) Texas Revolution

• Mostly Spanish explorers arrive in Texas

• Texas settlement is encouraged by Mexican officials

• missions and presidios are built in Texas

• Texan colonists fight for independence from Mexico

Look at the image provided. Explain what it was AND how it was used at the Battle of Gonzales.

What important event [happening in October of 1835] is shown in the picture?

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• [hint: it was the first battle of the Texas Revolution, where the Texans refused to give up their cannon to the Mexican Army]

a

The Arrest of Stephen F. Austin

The Law of April 6, 1830

The Turtle Bayou Resolutions

The Battle of Gonzales

Which of the following events happened during the "Texas Revolution" era of Texas History?

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• YOU MUST CHOOSE THREE [3] CORRECT ANSWERS

• the Battle of Gonzales

• the Siege of San Antonio

• the search for Cibola

• the arrest of Stephen F. Austin

• the building of Mission San Antonio de Valero

Each of the following items helped Mexico maintain control over the Texan colonists in the 1820s and early 1830s. Match them correctly.

• restricted where the Texans could live

• the El Camino Real

• plan for how Mexico would be governed

• the Law of April 6, 1830

• stopped immigration from U.S. to Texas

• the Mexican Constitution of 1824

• road that connected the TX settlements

• the Colonization Law of 1825

Which of these items caused Mexico to distrust the U.S. in the 1820s?

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• YOU MUST CHOOSE THREE [3] CORRECT ANSWERS

• the U.S. was spreading westward in the early 1800s

• the U.S. tried to buy Texas from Mexico

• Texas was filled by former Americans who were supposed to be loyal to Mexico [but they were NOT loyal]

• Mexico required its new settlers to practice the Baptist religion [the national religion of Mexico]

• the U.S. and Mexico went to war in 1812

Put these events of the Texas Revolution in the correct CHRONOLOGICAL order:

• STEPHEN F. AUSTIN ARRESTED - the leader of the Texan empresarios is imprisoned for a year in Mexico City

• LAW OF APRIL 6, 1830 - Mexico stopped immigration from the U.S. to Texas, and increased the number of Mexican soldiers in Texas

• SIEGE OF SAN ANTONIO - the Texans take control of the largest city in Texas AND the mission known as "the Alamo"

• BATTLE OF GONZALES - the Texans defend their cannon from the Mexican Army, and their revolution begins

In October of 1835, the Texan colonists living in the town of ​ (a)   refused to give up their ​ (b)   to the Mexican Army. They flew a flag that read ​ (c)   showing their defiance to the Mexican Army.

• Gonzales
• cannon
• Come and Take It
• San Antonio
• Go Away
• gold

The Texans won control of "the Alamo" in December of 1835 when they managed to defeat the Mexican Army defending the town of ​ (a)   .

• San Antonio
• Gonzales
• Goliad
• San Felipe

Which of these choices is the name of the era of Texas History that was all about the Texans' fight for independence from Mexico?

• Age of Independence

• Texas Revolution

• Fredonian Rebellion

• Fight for Freedom Era