Republic of Texas

Who had the following policies?

*Create Peace with the Native Americans

*Send the Army home, disband the Navy, hire the Texas Rangers

*Create a balanced budget (do not spend more than you have)

*Moved the Capital to Houston

*Pro-Annexation

• Sam Houston

• Mirabeau B. Lamar

• Anson Jones

Issues concerning ___________________ caused the U.S. to delay annexation of Texas.

• U.S. lack of interest in Texas

• slavery and Mexico

• Texas unable to raise the "annexation fee" that they owed the U.S.

• Mexico's refusal to recognize Texas' Independence

Who was the first elected President of the Republic of Texas?

• Stephen F. Austin

• David G. Burnet

• Sam Houston

• Andrew Jackson

The Battle of the Alamo, Goliad Massacre, Runaway Scrape, and the Battle of San Jacinto all happened in what year?

• 1821

• 1832

• 1836

• 1845

Sam Houston is the only person to __________________________________.

• be elected President of Texas twice

• create the educational system used in Texas today

• lead an army that successfully attacked and captured Mexico City

• fight against the Mexican Army at the Alamo, Goliad and San Jacinto

The ____________________ was an incident in which residents of Austin fought against government officials who wanted to move government documents to the city of Houston.

• Documents Conflict

• Texas Paper Battle

• Archives War

• Fight for Texas Files

Why was the annexation of Texas into the U.S. such a popular idea in Texas?

• Most Texans were originally from the U.S.

• Would eliminate threats from Mexico

• The U.S. would take care of the debt Texas owed

• All of these are correct

Americans wanting Texas to be annexed into the U.S. resulted in __________________ being elected as 11th President of the U.S.

• Andrew Jackson

• Martin Van Buren

• Henry Clay

• James K. Polk

Texas officially became the 28th State of the U.S. on ________________________.

• January 7, 1844

• December 29, 1845

• February 14, 1846

• August 3, 1847

This quote was written by _________, who did not create treaties with hostile Native Americans, and used force to remove them from Texas.

• Stephen F. Austin

• Santa Anna

• Henry Clay

• Mirabeau B. Lamar