Republic of Tx

Texas chose _______ to be their first president.

• Spongebob Squarepants
• Sam Houston
• George Washington

The capitol of Texas is

• Houston
• Austin
• Wal-mart

What does the word debt mean?

• repaying money
• money owed to others
• people who like Spongebob
• craziness

Texas won the Battle of the Alamo.

• True
• False

Texas won its independence.

• True
• False

Who is known as the "Father of Texas Education"?

• Mirabeau B. Lamar
• David G. Burnet
• Anson Jones
• Spongebob

Who served as the second president of the Republic of Texas?

• Sam Houston

• George Washington

• Mirabeau Lamar

• James Fannin

Definition of Annexation

• give up something; generally refers to formally giving up land

• political system in which representatives are responsible for governing

• the process of adding land to an existing territory

Why were the Texas Rangers created?

• To survey the Texas land for the Republic of Texas

• To protect settlers from attacks by Native Texans

• To protect settlers fleeing the Mexican Army in the Runaway Scrape

• To fight the Battle of the Alamo giving the Texas Army time to escape

Who served two terms as president of the Republic of Texas?

• Sam Houston

• David G. Burnet

• Anson Jones

• Mirabeau Lamar