Growing Tensions
Who was Stephen F. Austin?
The first conflict between Mexican troops and Texas colonists occurred here on October 2, 1835
What is Gonzales?
Santa Anna reached San Antonio in this month
What is February (1836)?
This Alamo defender was the leader of the volunteers and was known for a particular style of knife
Who was Jim Bowie?
What is a skirmish?
The Conventions of 1832 and 1833 resolved that Texas should strive to be this
What is a separate Mexican state?
What was the Come and Take It flag?
The date of the Texas Declaration of Independence
The meaning of the red flag raised by Santa Anna at the Alamo
What is "no quarter" (or his intention to take no prisoners)?
A ruler with absolute power
What is a dictator?
The name for those who wanted power consolidated in the national government with little power given to the states
Who were the Centralists?
What is San Antonio?
The 1836 Constitution of Texas was copied in large part from this document
What is the US Constitution?
The length of the battle in which Texas won the War for Independence on April 21, 1836
What is 18 minutes?
The day on which the captives were executed at Goliad
What is Palm Sunday?
The name for the independence movement by Haden and Benjamin Edwards in Nacogdoches in 1826
What was the Republic of Fredonia?
The provisional governor of Texas under the November 1835 Consultation
Who was David Burnet?
The Texas Constitution of 1836 set up these three branches of government
What are the executive, legislative, and judicial branches?
The reason that President Burnet wrote to Sam Houston that the Mexican army was laughing at him
What is continued retreat?
The initial location for the seat of government after Texas Independence
What is Harrisburg?
This port town was the location of the first serious pre-independence conflict between settlers and the Mexican government
What was Anahuac?
This man was chosen by the Consultation in November 1835 to be the commander of the regular army
Who was Sam Houston?
The name given for the evacuation of settlers from their homes and towns in Texas as Santa Anna approached
What was the Runaway Scrape?
The Alamo fell on this date
What is March 6, 1836?
The name for the cannons donated to Texas by the city of Cincinnati and used at the Battle of San Jacinto
What are the Twin Sisters?