WorksheetsThe Republic of Texas
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 2hrs 55mins
Which Texas President increased government spending ?
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
Anson Jones
David G. Burnet
How did Texas pay a lot of the people it owed?
with American money
with Mexican gold
with land
with cattle
Peace with Native Tribes, reducing government jobs and government salaries are all way that -
Anson Jones tried to make Texas attractive to the US for annexation.
Mirabeau Lamar attempted to spend Texas funds.
Stephen F. Austin attempted to manage San Felipe de Texas.
Sam Houston attempted to reduce Texas debt.
What did Captain Jonathan Bird and 20 Texas Rangers do in this area and why?
Built Bird's Fort to protect settlers
Built Birdville, TX for new settlers
Stood guard during all train stops in Birdville, TX
Robbed Fort Worth stage coaches
Who worked hard in Texas government to secure Tejano rights?
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Stephen F. Austin
José Antonio Navarro
Juan Seguín
Which branch of Texas government makes laws?
senatorial
executive
judicial
legislative
Which branch of Texas government interprets the laws?
judicial
executive
representative
congressional
Which branch of Texas government executes the laws?
executionary
judicial
executive
legislative
How does reading help José Antonio Navarro be a good leader?
He learns how to read English and eventually speak it.
He is well informed about current issues.
He can read to others about what is happening in the world.
He learns how to write a book to inform others about what happened in Texas.
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
How was the need for the Texas Rangers reduced?
Mirabeau Lamar drove all the Native Tribes out of Texas.
All warriors of the Native Texans died in the Texas Revolution.
Sam Houston asked the Native Tribes to go to Mexico.
Sam Houston made peace treaties with Native Tribal Leaders.
Who doubled the size of the Texas Rangers?
Mirabeau Lamar
William B. Travis
Sam Houston
Stephen F. Austin
Who is our school district named after?
Major Billy Independent
General William Tarrant
Private William Hudson
Captain Jonathan Bird
Who served two terms as president of the Republic of Texas?
Sam Houston
David G. Burnet
Anson Jones
Mirabeau Lamar
Who is known as the Texas Father of Education?
Father Massanet
Anson Jones
Mirabeau Lamar
Sam Houston
Who increased fighting between the Texas Rangers and the Native Tribal warriors?
the Mexican Army
Sam Houston
Stephen F. Austin
Mirabeau Lamar
The Republic of Texas government structure is the same as -
The French Republic
The Republic of Mexico
The United States
The Empire of Great Britain
Who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, the Texas Constitution & worked for Tejano rights?
Davy Crockett
Stephen F. Austin
José Antonio Navarro
Juan Seguín
What was the purpose of the Texas Declaration of Independence?
To describe the new Texas government and how it would be structured after the Texas Revolution
To describe what the Mexican Government had done to the settlers of Texas and declare Texas free of Mexican rule
To describe what the British government had done to Texas settlers and declare Texas free of British rule
To describe what the Spanish Government had done to the settlers of Texas and declare Texas free of Spanish rule
What document sets the structures and laws of the Republic of Texas?
the U.S. Constitution
the Texas Declaration of Independence
the Texas Constitution
the Mexican Constitution of 1824
What was the major disagreement between the Texas settlers and Native Texans?
cattle
land
the Gulf of Mexico
laws
Under which Texas president was the country annexed to the United States?
Anson Jones
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
David G. Burnet
Who was Captain Jonathan Bird?
A Texas Cowboy
U.S. Marines Captain
Coast Guard Captain
A Texas Ranger
