Texas Foreign Policy True or False Warmup

Texans were completely unconcerned– and unafraid– of a Mexican re-invasion of Texas

• True

• False

Members of the Santa Fe Expedition were held as prisoners in Mexico City during the winter of 1841-1842

• True

• False

Jose Antonio Navarro would be the most harshly punished– and longest imprisoned– member of the Santa Fe Expedition

• True

• False

Despite their intentions to re-take Texas, Generals Arista, Vasquez and Woll were unable to capture the city of San Antonio, & they returned to Mexico defeated

• True

• False

Critics thought Houston’s plan to move the archives from Austin to Houston was really just a ploy to relocate the capital of Texas

• True

• False

The Santa Fe Expedition skirmished continually with Native American peoples along their route

• True

• False

Commissioners from Texas, including Jose Antonio Navarro, were sent to Santa Fe and the surrounding region, in order to try to convince them to join the Republic of Texas

• True

• False

Most of the citizens of Austin were in agreement with Sam Houston’s decision to move the archives from their city to the city of Houston

• True

• False

The Mier Expedition would be the last major conflict between Mexico and the Republic of Texas

• True

• False

Despite the efforts of Angelina Eberly and others, the archives of the Republic of Texas were permanently moved from Austin to Houston

• True

• False