Presidents of the Republic
This president believed peace with Native Americans was possible and reduced government spending.
Who is Sam Houston?
This Cherokee leader was killed at the Battle of the Neches in 1839.
Who is Chief Bowles?
Europeans immigrated to Texas mainly because land was offered at this cost.
What is low cost?
Many northerners opposed annexation because Texas allowed this.
What is slavery?
Most Texans in 1850 lived and worked here.
What are farms?
This president favored a strong military and removal of Native Americans from Texas.
Who is Mirabeau B. Lamar?
The conflict that broke out when Texans tried to remove the Cherokee from East Texas.
What is the Cherokee War?
This European country sent the most immigrants to Texas in the mid-1800s.
What is Germany?
The immediate cause of the U.S.–Mexican War involved this disputed boundary.
What is the Texas–Mexico border (Rio Grande)?
Texas Rangers were effective because they used this weapon and rode horses.
What is the Colt six-shooter / horseback riding?
This president faced major issues related to annexation during his term.
Who is Anson Jones?
This war showed Anglo-Texan settlers wanted Cherokee land.
What is the Cherokee War?
This German immigrant’s letters encouraged thousands to move to Texas.
Who is Johann Friedrich Ernst?
This agreement settled Texas’s western border.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Rivers were not useful for transportation because they flowed in this direction.
What is east and southeast?
This president opposed increasing the army and navy because of financial concerns.
Who is Sam Houston?
This policy allowed some Native American groups to remain in Texas through treaties.
What is Sam Houston’s policy?
Empresarios were required to do this with the land they received.
What is establish settlements / bring settlers?
Land gained by the U.S. after the Mexican-American War.
What is the Mexican Cession?
Transportation was difficult because roads were poor and rivers were too this.
What is shallow?
DAILY DOUBLE:
Which president’s policy toward Native Americans included “pushing a vigorous war…without mercy”?
Who is Mirabeau B. Lamar?
Which president ordered the Cherokee to leave Texas, leading to armed conflict?
Who is Mirabeau B. Lamar?
Why was foreign recognition important for Texas’s independence? (Give ONE reason.)
Trade, loans, pressure Mexico to recognize Texas
Annexation solved many Republic problems including debt, defense, and this issue.
What is foreign recognition?
Population trend shown from 1836 to 1860 regarding enslaved people.
The enslaved population increased over time