TX24-25 - Early Statehood [and exam review]

FAMOUS PEOPLE OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION

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• ​ (a)   commander of the Texan army, went on to be 1st and 3rd President of Texas

• ​ (b)   president and military leader of Mexico, captured at San Jacinto

• ​ (c)   cavalry leader at San Jacinto, went on to be 2nd President of Texas

• ​ (d)   messenger from the Alamo, leader of the Tejanos at San Jacinto

• Sam Houston
• Santa Anna
• Mirabeau B. Lamar
• Juan Seguin

Put each of these events into the correct category: BEFORE, DURING, or AFTER the Texas Revolution.

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• WHEN COMPLETED, THERE SHOULD BE THREE [3] EVENTS IN EACH CATEGORY

Groups:

(a) BEFORE

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(b) DURING

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(c) AFTER

• Mirabeau B. Lamar becomes the 2nd President of Texas

• Texans sign their Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836

• the Fredonian Rebellion - Haden Edwards fights to make his colony independent

• Sam Houston becomes the 1st President of Texas

• the Law of April 6, 1830 stopped immigration from the U.S. to Texas

• the Turtle Bayou Resolutions explained why the Texans were supporting the Mexican constitution

• Texas is annexed on December 29, 1845

• the Battle of Gonzales showed the Texans they could beat the Mexican army and win independence

• Santa Anna is captured at San Jacinto and gives the Texans independence

During the Texas Revolution, most of the events happened in the​ (a)   region of Texas. The first battle at​ (b)   showed the Texans they could defeat the Mexican army and win independence. Each battle that followed that first victory pushed the Mexican army farther away from ​ (c)   . The Texans managed to capture the Mexican president​ (d)   after the battle of (e)   .

• Coastal Plains
• Gonzales
• Santa Anna
• San Jacinto
• Mexico City

Reorder the following ERAS of Texas History into the correct chronological order:

• AGE OF CONTACT

  Spanish and French explorers both claim land in Texas

• NATURAL TEXAS AND ITS PEOPLE

  American Indian tribes adapted to the Texas environment

• TEXAS REVOLUTION

  Mexican officials imposed tighter controls on Texas, leading to the siege on the Alamo

• MEXICAN NATIONAL

  social and political unrest leads to war for Mexican independence

Which TWO [2] regions of Texas are being described here? YOU MUST CHOOSE TWO [2] CORRECT ANSWERS.

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REGION 1 - flat land for farming or ranching, area where MOST of the Texas Revolution happened

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REGION 2 - flat land for farming or ranching, also known as the "Texas Panhandle" with the cities of Amarillo and Lubbock

• * GULF culture - fished along the shores of Texas

• * PLAINS culture - rode horses and hunted bison

• * PUEBLO culture - used adobe to build villages

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During the Spanish Colonial Era, each of these groups had the chance to live in __?__ where they could learn about Catholicism [the religion of Spain] or learn new farming and ranching techniques.

• presidios

• missions

• ranchos

• palacios

• * Mission Corpus Christi de la Ysleta - built by Spanish friars near present-day El Paso

• * Mission San Francisco de los Tejas - built by Fray Damian Massanet in far east Texas

• * Mission San Antonio de Valero - "the Alamo", built in south-central Texas in 1718

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• Each of these Spanish missions were built to spread the religion and culture of Spain to local Indian tribes, teaching them Catholicism [the religion of Spain] and new farming and ranching techniques.

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• Every time they built a mission, the Spanish would also build a __?__ nearby to protect the missions and settlements.

• presidio

• palacio

• rancho

• edificios

Match the following different types of settlements to the correct GROUP of settlers.

• SPANISH SETTLERS

• group that came to Texas in the 1820s, following empresario Stephen F. Austin and wanting to profit off the cheap land [raising the population of Texas]

• ANGLO IMMIGRANTS

• group that came to Texas in the 1820s, following empresario Martin de Leon and helping their country increase the population of northern Mexico

• MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS

• group that came to Texas in the 1700s to help their country maintain the land they claimed in the "new world"

Look at the map provided. The Republic of Texas is shown in light blue. It was larger during that time period than it is today, though much of the shape of the eastern half of Texas remains the same. Which THREE [3] of these U.S. states were once a part of the Republic of Texas?

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• YOU MUST CHOOSE THREE [3] CORRECT ANSWERS

• Oklahoma

• New Mexico

• California

• Colorado

• New York

Put these events from the Republic of Texas into the correct chronological order:

• President LAMAR pushes American Indians out of Texas, increases the debt Texas owes, and sets aside land for public schools

• President JONES continues Houston's peace policy, tries to reduce government spending, and hands over Texas to the U.S. government

• President HOUSTON is re-elected, focuses on maintaining peace with American Indians and tries to decrease the debt that Texas owes

• President HOUSTON makes treaties with Native Americans, deals with a significant debt, and uses Texas Rangers to protect against unfriendly natives