People of Texas
First president of The Republic of Texas
Sam Houston
The year Texas became a Republic
1836
To add territory to another
Annexation
Texas considered this the boundary between Texas and Mexico
Rio Grande River
True of False. Texas has more land mass today than it did in 1836.
False
Leader of the Cherokees, friend of Sam Houston, killed by Texans during fighting.
Chief Bowles
The year Texas was annexed into the United States
1845
Second capital of Texas
Austin
Mexico considered this the boundary between Texas and Mexico
Nueces River
The country that Texians defeated to win independence
Mexico
Father of Education in Texas, Second president
Maribeaux Lamar
The year of the Cordova Rebellion which was a plot against the Republic of Texas
1838
First capital of Texas
Houston
A fight in San Antonio between Comanche leaders and San Antonio leaders over a misunderstanding of kidnapped Texans.
Council House Fight
Which city has the lowest elevation
A. Houston
B. Dallas
C. El Paso
D. San Antonio
A. Houston
Texas became a state under this president
Anson Jones
The year in which Sam Houston was first elected president
1836
Texas' big financial problem after the Texas Revolution
Debt
Rebellion plot against the Republic of Texas in the summer of 1838. Main conspirator Alcalde Vicente Cordova supported the Texas Revolution against Mexico until independence was declared. With support from the Cherokee tribe, Cordova sought to bring down the Texas government.
Cordova Rebellion
Which battle is described by the following information: Travis, Bowie, Crocket, Won by the Mexican Army, San Antonio, March 6th, 1836.
Most famous of the Texas Rangers assigned to help protect Texans.
Jack Hays
The year the Council House fight took place
1840
A person who is against slavery
Abolitionist
Invasion of Mexico led by Somerville during Houston's second term that ended with Texans being captured and forced to draw beans to determine who would be executed
Mier Expedition
A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.
Manifest Destiny