WorksheetsThe Presidents of the Republic of Texas
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
The first President of the Republic of Texas was
Stephen F. Austin
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
Dr. Anson Jones
One of Sam Houston's goals as President was to:
Take over the rest of Mexico
Remove all Native Americans from Texas
Reduce the national debt of the Republic of Texas
Expand Texas to the West coast of North America
The second President of the Republic of Texas was:
Stephen F Austin
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
Dr. Anson Jones
Mirabeau Lamar's policy toward Native Americans was to:
Restore peace with the Native Americans
Pretend they weren't there and hope they could get along without problems
Remove all Native Americans from Texas
Encourage them to assimilate into Texan culture
Mirabeau Lamar's economic policies were known for:
Continuing Sam Houston's efforts to save money
Saving even more money than Sam Houston
Spending more money on wars than Texas was earning
Dramatically reducing expenses
Mirabeau Lamar's position on Annexation was:
He was in favor of Texas joining the United States
He was in favor of rejoining Mexico
He wanted to remain independent and expand across North America to the West coast.
He was undecided
The third President of the Republic of Texas was:
Stephen F. Austin
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
Dr. Anson Jones
The final President of the Republic of Texas was:
Stephen F. Austin
Sam Houston
Mirabeau Lamar
Dr. Anson Jones
The Council House Fight happened when:
Native Americans attacked a meeting between those in favor of and those opposed to annexation
Native Americans tried to move the capital of Texas back to Houston
Settlers angered by Native Americans not bringing all of the hostages to exchange attacked and killed the Native Americans
Native Americans ambushed settlers at a planned peace meeting
The Santa Fe Expedition was an attempt by Texas to expand its borders into:
Nevada
California
Oklahoma
New Mexico
The Santa Fe Expedition resulted in:
Texas annexed New Mexico's territory
Texas won but decided to leave New Mexico alone
Mexican soldiers captured the Texas explorers and marched them to Mexico City
Texas occupied New Mexico for 50 years
Texas was annexed by the United States and became the 28th state in December of:
1718
1821
1836
1845
