This battle started when the Texans wanted independence from the Mexican government.
What is the Battle of the Alamo?
100
Gave Texas its independence at the end of the Battle of San Jacinto.
What is a peace treaty?
100
I was a general and the president of Mexico.
Who is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
100
To take over land and make it a state.
What is to annex?
100
In 1820, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna invites American settlers into Texas.
What is because the government of Mexico wanted people to live on the land, work the land, and become loyal citizens?
200
This war began after Texas joined the United States as the 28th state.
What is the Mexican American War?
200
An agreement document signed by two countries that ends an argument or battle.
What is a treaty?
200
I am known as the Father of Texas.
Who is Stephen Austin?
200
The result of an argument where both sides come to an agreement.
What is compromise?
200
The slaves the American settlers brought with them to Texas were considered free in Mexico.
What is Mexico banned slavery in 1829?
300
In this battle, the Texans yelled "Remember the Alamo" to inspire them to defeat the Mexican army.
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
300
This treaty ended the Mexican American war, releasing Mexico's claims over Texas.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
300
Spanish speaking people who lived in Texas.
Who are Tejanos?
300
A walled fortress used during the Texas Revolution.
What is the Alamo?
300
The American settlers complained the Mexican government was too strict, they wanted more open trade with the United States, slavery was banned, and they wanted to govern themselves.
What are the causes that led to the Texas Revolution?
400
True or False. Texans won the Battle of the Alamo.
What is false?
400
This treaty gave the Mexican citizens the option of becoming American citizens or to remain Mexican citizens. If they chose to become American citizens, their rights were to be upheld.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
400
American pioneers who died in the Battle of the Alamo.
Who are Davy Crockett, James Bowie, and William Travis?
400
The idea that the United States had the right to claim territory until it reached the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
400
Yelling "Remember the Alamo!"
What is how the Texans honored those who died in the Battle of the Alamo?
500
At the end of this battle, Texas gained its independence.
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
500
A compromise joining two states to the Union; Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state. This compromise also banned slavery from the rest of the Louisiana Purchase.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
500
Outnumbered the Tejanos, feeling empowered being the larger population.
Who are the American settlers?
500
The first to explore and settle a land before others.
What is a pioneer?
500
A small American force was attacked starting the Mexican American war.
What is Mexican troops crossed the southern border of the Rio Grande?