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This empire was most responsible for establishing missions throughout Texas.
Spain
This empire focused primarily on fur trading.
France
This famous Indian chief was a close friend of Sam Houston, but was killed when Mirabeau B. Lamar forced his tribe from their lands.
Chief Bowles
This Texan’s 43rd birthday was also the day Texas declared independence.
Sam Houston
The battle that ended with the slaughter of hundreds of Texans who had all surrendered.
Goliad
This city was founded as a mission city and included such missions as San Jose, San Juan Capistrano, Espada, and Concepcion.
San Antonio
The first battle of the Texas Revolution.
Gonzalez
The Law of April 6 1830 and the Seven Laws Constitution shifted more power to Mexico City after this report created a fear of American immigrants in Texas.
Mier y Terán Report
This region of Texas was dominated by Apache, Comanche, and Kiowa Indians.
West Texas
The Mexican authors of this document wanted to balance a strong central government with sovereign state governments to make the country more stable and prosperous.
Constitution of 1824
The state nickname.
Lone Star State
The state animal.
Armadillo
The state bird.
Mockingbird
The state flower.
Bluebonnet
The battle which ended in a Texan defeat but became a national legend.
The Alamo
The introduction of this animal to Americas in the sixteenth century created more change for Amerindians than any other Old World animal.
Horses
This tribe created an empire along the Great Plains of Texas that threatened Spanish, Mexican, and United States rule over the area.
Comanche
The battle over a cannon.
Gonzalez
The battle which ended in a Texan defeat but became a national legend.
The Alamo
The last battle of the Texas Revolution
San Jacinto
He was the most successful empresario when Texas was a part of Mexico.
Stephen F. Austin
He was the commander-in-chief of the Texas Army during the Texas Revolution and the first elected president of Texas.
Sam Houston
This principle ensured that “Each state is bound . . . To organize its government agreeably to the constitution and the constitutive act.”
Federalism
Part of the reason he wrote the Declaration of Independence was to express that Texas was dissatisfied with the changes in the Mexican government between 1830 and 1836.
George C. Childress
This Amerindian tribal group became a Great Plains empire and a threat to the Spanish Empire once they discovered how to use horses.
Comanche