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WorksheetsTharp: Texas Republic and Early Statehood
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 20mins
In 1836, Texas gained its independence from (a) with the Treaty of (b) following the Texas Revolution.
Order each Texas President by matching their chronological order with their name
1st Period
Sam Houston
4th President
Mirabeau Lamar
3rd President
Anson Jones
2nd President
Sam Houston
Categorize each president's opinion
Supported annexation
Wanted peace with Mexico
Wanted to save money
Wanted the capital in Houston
Hated Native Americans
Did NOT support annexation
Wanted war with Mexico
Wanted to spend money
Wanted the capital in Austin
Loved Native Americans
In the summer of 1838, the sudden increase of Anglo settlers in Nacogdoches upset the town’s (a) citizens, who felt like they were losing their rights to the Anglos.
Anglo
Native American
Spanish
Annexation means to _______.
A) Divide a country
B) Add a country or territory to another country
C) Remove a country
D) Isolate a country
In the summer of 1838, because the (a) citizens were upset, they began the (b) .
Anglo
Native American
Council House Fight
Archives War
Mier Expedition
Sante Fe Expedition
Texans wanted annexation because the country’s (a) would be paid off and they would be better (b) from (c) and the (d) .
slavery
taxes
attacked
Spain
England
USA
Texas wasn’t initially annexed by the USA because Texas allowed (a) .
Freedom
Independence
Trade
What did Texas have to do in order to be annexed by the USA?
(Choose three correct answers)
Vote for annexation
Create a state constitution
Sell off some of it's land to pay off its $10 million of debt
Make peace with Mexico
Because of the participation of the
(a) in the Cordova Rebellion, Lamar pushed the tribe completely out of Texas.
Comanche
Apache
Karankawa
Following the Sante Fe Expedition, Mexico became very (a) and tensions (b) between Mexico and Texas.
calm
happy
excited
decreased
Following the Sante Fe Expedition, the (a) army defeated the (b) forces and took them ________.
(c)
A) Hostage
C) Refugee
D) Guest
(a) ordered the invasion of Texas following the Sante Fe Expedition.
B) Sam Houston
C) Mirabeau Lamar
D) James Fannin
Which town did Texan forces invade to demand supplies in 1842?
Monterrey
Mier
Veracruz
Puebla
10% of the Texans were executed in the Black Bean Event. If you picked a (a) bean you were executed, but if you picked a (b) bean you were spared.
red
blue
brown
released
Because he believed that Austin was too close to Mexico for safety, President Houston ordered all of Texas’ _______ to be removed from Austin.
Books
Archives
Letters
Documents
Place the events in chronological (by date) order
Texas gained independence from Mexico
The Cordova Rebellion
The Council House Fight
The Santa Fe Expedition
The Mier Expedition
Match each event with its purpose
Cordova Rebellion
To establish trade with New Mexico
Sant Fe Expedition
To trade prisoners
Council House Fight
To overthrow the Texas government
Mier Expedition
To get supplies
In the Venn Diagram, identify differences and similarities between the Cordova Rebellion and the Council House Fight regarding which groups of people participated in them
