Texas History Unit 5 Quiz: Conflicts in Texas

Mexican officer supported by Texans because he was a federalist

• Mier y Teran

• 
  Juan Davis Bradburn

• Santa Anna

• William B. Travis

 Mexican General investigating Texas and reporting observations

•  Mier y Teran

• Juan Davis Bradburn

• Santa Anna

• William B. Travis

Texan colonist arrested for protesting Mexican laws in Texas

•  Mier y Teran

•  Juan Davis Bradburn

• Santa Anna

• William B. Travis

Mexican army captain who arrested William B. Travis and others at Anahuac

• Mier y Teran

• Juan Davis Bradburn

•  Santa Anna

• William B. Travis

Who tried to establish an independent colony in Texas called the Republic of Fredonia?

• Stephen F. Austin

• Haden Edwards

• Santa Anna

• Dr. James Long

Mexico’s response to the failed independent colony was to create a law called the -

• Law of Texas and Mexico

• 1. Law of April 6, 1830

  
  

• 1.  Mexican Law over Texas

• Fredonian Law

This new law stopped immigration from -  

• the U.S. to Texas

• Texas to Canada

• Mexico to the U.S.

•  the U.S. to Canada

 In addition, this law increased taxes and outlawed slavery in Texas.  Most Texans were - 

• upset and moved back to the U.S.

• angry and made formal protests

• 1. happy with the changes being made

•  pleased that slavery was being outlawed

 What was the name of the document that the Texans wrote to Mexico next?

• Tortoise Box Recommendations

• Table Border Rationalizations

• 1. Tea Brittle Reservations

• 1. Turtle Bayou Resolutions

What did the Texans declare in this document? 

• That they wanted to break away from Mexico and become their own country

• 1. That they had found gold in the mountains of far west Texas

• 1. That they were loyal to Mexico but wanted some changes in the government

• 1. That they knew how to raise cotton, and it would be a very profitable crop for them