Unit 8- Early Republic of Texas

Who was the president during the Republic of Texas that successfully annexed Texas to the U.S.?

• Anson Jones

• Sam Houston

• Lamar

• Stephen F. Austin

1st elected Vice-President of Texas, served 1 term as President, the “Father of Education”

• Mirabeau B. Lamar

• Sam Houston

• Lorenzo De Zavala

1st elected President of Republic of Texas, served two terms, and wanted peace with the Native Indians.

• Anson Jones

• Mirabeau B. Lamar

• Sam Houston

• Chief Bowles

Treaty which ended the Texas Revolution; there were two versions of this treaty, one public and one secret

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Treaty of Peace

• Council House Fight

• Treaty of Velasco

Paper money issued by the Republic of Texas when Mirabeau B. Lamar was President to help stop an economic crisis

• Dolla Dolla Bills Y'all

• Redbacks

• Redcoinz

• Bitcoin

Law passed by the Congress of the Republic of Texas in 1839 that protected a family’s home and up to 50 acres from seizure for debts

• Homestead Law

• Ashworth Act

• Council House Fight

• Santa Fe Expedition

Formerly the town of Waterloo, named in honor of Stephen F. Austin, and Lamar’s preference for the capital

• Houston

• San Antonio

• Austin

City developed by Allen brothers near the coast; plagued by heat, humidity, mosquitoes; the capital city of the Republic during Houston’s first term

• Austin

• Houston

• La Bahia

• San Antonio

a politico-military-commercial expedition of 1841, was mounted because of President Mirabeau B. Lamar's desire to divert to Texas at least a part of the trade then carried over the Santa Fe Trail and, if possible, to establish Texas jurisdiction over the Santa Fe area, which the Republic of Texas claimed on the basis of an act of December 19, 1836. 

• Mier Expedition

• Santa Fe Expedition

• Council House Fight

• Texas Revolution

1840 exchange of hostages meeting, that turned into a fight between the Comanches and Texans.

• Ashworth Act

• Council House Fight

• Cordova Rebellion

• Mier y Teran Report