Texas Leadership
He was the first popularly elected president of the Republic of Texas and favored annexation to the United States.
Who is Sam Houston?
Texas became the 28th state of the Union in this year.
What is 1845?
This law enforcement group was originally formed to protect frontier settlers from American Indian attacks.
Who are the Texas Rangers?
Before the Mexican-American War, Mexico claimed this river, rather than the Rio Grande, was the true border of Texas.
What is the Nueces River?
This immigrant group established the "German Belt" in Central Texas, founding towns like New Braunfels and Fredericksburg in the 1840s.
Who were the Germans?
his second president of the Republic was known as the "Father of Education" and opposed Texas joining the U.S..
Who is Mirabeau B. Lamar?
What river did Texas and the U.S. claim as the southern border of Texas?
What is the Rio Grande?
What natural resource helped Texas attract settlers during the Republic era?
What is fertile farmland?
Under this federal agreement, Texas gave up its claims to parts of New Mexico in exchange for $10 million to pay off its debts.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Led by Father Leopold Moczygeba, this immigrant group founded Panna Maria in 1854, the oldest permanent settlement of its kind in the United States.
Who were the Poles (or Polish immigrants)?
As the final president of the Republic, he declared on February 19, 1846, "The Republic of Texas is no more".
Who is Anson Jones?
What war resulted from the annexation of Texas?
What is the US-Mexico War?
How long did the Republic of Texas exist as an independent nation?
Nine years (1836–1845)
This primary issue in the United States caused northern states to oppose the annexation of Texas for nearly a decade.
What is the expansion of slavery?
Despite their service in the Texas Revolution, many members of this ethnic group—longtime residents of Texas—faced increasing discrimination and loss of land during the Republic era.
Who were the Tejanos?
During his first term, Sam Houston moved the capital of Texas to this city.
What is Houston?
What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
During the Republic era, the Texas government faced this major financial hurdle that made annexation more attractive to many citizens.
What is massive public debt?
Following the Black Bean Affair, Texas prisoners were forced to draw beans to determine who would be executed after this failed expedition into Mexico.
What is the Mier Expedition?
In 1847, German settlers led by John O. Meusebach signed a lasting peace treaty with this powerful Plains Indian tribe, allowing for settlement between the Llano and San Saba Rivers.
Who are the Comanches?
Before the Texans elected the first President of the Republic, this individual served as the interim president at the end of the Texas Revolution.
Who is David G. Burnet?
Which territories/states was acquired by the U.S. as a result of the Mexican-American War?
What is the Mexican Cession, which included Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming?
This failed 1841 expedition was sent by President Lamar to secure trade routes and territory in what is now New Mexico.
What is the Santa Fe Expedition?
He served as the first Governor of the State of Texas after annexation was finalized.
Who is James Pinckney Henderson?
He was the only native-born Texan and Tejano delegate at the Convention of 1845, where he successfully fought to protect the voting rights of Hispanic citizens in the new state constitution.
Who was Jose Antonio Navarro?