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WorksheetsThe Republic of Texas
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
Who was the ad interim president of the Republic of Texas?
Lorenzo de Zavala
Sam Houston
David G. Burnet
Stephen F. Austin
What treaty ended the Texas Revolutionary war (the TX war with Mexico)?
Treaty of Velasco
Treaty of Paris
Turtle Bayou Resolutions
Texas Declaration of Independence
True/False: Mexico recognizes the Treaty of Velasco and Texas' independence.
True
False
Fill in the blank: Mexico claims that the _____________ River was the boundary between Texas and Mexico.
Rio Grande
Nueces River
Sabine River
Red River
Fill in the blank: Texas claims that the _______________________ was the boundary between Texas and Mexico.
Rio Grande
Nueces River
Sabine River
Red River
Who was the first elected president of the Republic of Texas?
Stephen F. Austin
Henry Smith
Sam Houston
Mirabeau B. Lamar
What were some of Sam Houston's goals for the new republic?
Peace with the Natives.
Stay alert/on guard against attacks by Mexico.
Annex Texas to the United States.
Expand into Mexican territory.
What settlement was appointed the new capitol of the Republic of Texas in late 1836?
Austin, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
Houston, Texas
Goliad, Texas
What was the role of the Texas Rangers?
Defense force that tried to keep the peace along the
Texas frontier.
The original police men of San Antonio.
Sam Houston's personal body guards.
Who was elected second president of the Republic?
Sam Houston
Stephen F. Austin
Lorenzo de Zavala
Mirabeau Lamar
Who is known as the Father of Texas Education?
Stephen F. Austin
George Childress
Moses Austin
Mirabeau Lamar
Fill in the blank: The Homestead Act protected Texans' homes and up to 50 acres of land from __________________ for debts.
tariff
annexation
seizure
suspend
Fill in the blank: The ___________________ Trail was an important trade route, running from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
San Antonio
El Camino Real
Neutral Ground
Santa Fe
Fill in the blank: Lamar switched the capitol of Texas from Houston to ______________.
San Antonio, TX
Austin, TX
Lamar, TX
Seguin, TX
Who is elected 3rd president of the republic of Texas?
Stephen F. Austin
Sam Houston
Moses Austin
Mirabeau Lamar
Who was the first European nation to recognize Texas as a country?
Spain
England
Germany
France
Who was the last president of the republic of Texas?
Sam Houston
Stephen F. Austin
Anson Jones
James K. Polk
On what year was Texas annexed to the United States?
1821
1718
1845
1836
Fill in the blanks: _____________ was the cash crop of Texas.
Potatoes
Cotton
Squash
Corn
What was the Ashworth Act?
All free African Americans who were in Texas at the time of the Texas Declaration of independence to stay in the state.
Free African Americans had to leave the state of Texas or be enslaved.
Granted free African Americans a two year residency in the state of Texas.
The official petition to the USA to admit Texas as a state.
What was the largest European group to immigrate to Texas?
Irish
Polish
French
Germans
How did immigrant groups maintained their cultures?
architecture
food
language
religion
Fill in the blank: Most jobs in the Republic were related to _______________.
Agriculture
bankers
silversmiths
tailors
Which VIP was one of the three Tejano signers of the Texas Declaration of Independece?
Mary Maverick
Stephen F. Austin
Jose Antonio Navarro
John Coffee Hays
Which VIP wrote a detailed eyewitness account of the Council House Fight in 1840?
Mary Maverick
Mirabeau Lamar
William Goyens
Edwin W. Moore
Which VIP was a famous Texas Ranger who helped protect the area between San Antonio and Rio Grande?
Chief Bowles
Edwin W. Moore
Jose Antonio Navarro
John Coffee Hays
Which VIP was a free black businessman who served as an interpreter for Houston and the Cherokees during the TX Revolution?
Chief Bowles
William Goyens
John Coffee Hays
Mary Maverick
Which VIP was a commander of the Texas Navy during the Republic Era?
Chief Bowles
William Goyens
Edwin W. Moore
Jose Antonio Navarro
Which VIP served as a "peace chief" for the Cherokees?
Chief Bowles
Edwin W. Moore
Mary Maverick
John Coffee Hays
