The Texas Revolution

The delegates to the Convention of 1836 gave ____________________________ full command of both the regular army and the volunteers.

• Sam Houston

• Stephen F. Austin

• James Fannin

• William B. Travis

Sam Houston ordered that the town of __________________________ be burned so that Mexican troops could not take any additional supplies.

• Gonzales

• San Antonio

• Goliad

• Nacogdoches

The ______________________________________ was the flight by Texans eastward to avoid the advancing Mexican army after word spread of the fall of the Alamo.

• Runaway Scrape

• Texas Retreat

• Alamo Exodus

• Mexican Withdrawal

On March 14, 1836, José de Urrea won the Battle of __________________________, defeating a number of Colonel James Fannin’s troops who had been sent to evacuate the settlement.

• Coleto

• San Jacinto

• Alamo

• Gonzales

Colonel James Fannin was wounded and surrendered to Mexican forces at the Battle of __________________________.

• Goliad

• San Jacinto

• Alamo

• San Patricio

More than 400 Texans were executed by Mexican soldiers at what came to be known as the __________________________ Massacre.

• Goliad

• Alamo

• San Jacinto

• San Patricio

____________________________, who Texans later referred to as the Angel of Goliad, helped a few people escape the massacre.

• Francita Alavez

• Susanna Dickinson

• Emily West

• Jane Long

Sam Houston trained and drilled his troops at a plantation owned by Jared __________________________.

• Groce

• Smith

• Taylor

• Johnson

After he led the Texas army in defeating the Mexican forces, Sam Houston refused to let __________________________ be killed.

• Santa Anna

• Stephen F. Austin

• James Fannin

• William B. Travis

When the Texas soldiers won the Battle of __________________________, they also won the war.

• San Jacinto

• Gettysburg

• Waterloo

• Yorktown