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Texas Revolution Review
100
The first president of The Republic of Texas.
Who was Sam Houston?
100
The first flag of Texas had a star of this color.
What is gold?
100
Located on Buffalo Bayou, the capital of Texas was temporarily located at this big city?
What is Houston?
100
Sam Houston tried to help this tribe of Indians who lived in East Texas and were losing their lands to the new settlers?
Who were the Cherokees?
100
Famous frontiersman who played his fiddle during the Battle of the Alamo.
Who was Davy Crockett?
200
The last president of Texas.
Who was Anson Jones?
200
After the failure of the Mier Expedition, Santa Anna executed a tenth of the Texas prisoners who picked this out of a jar.
What is a black bean?
200
This river forms the southern border of Texas.
What is the Rio Grande?
200
These two tribes were known to raid and capture settlers.
Who were the Kiowas and Comanches?
200
The last battle of the Texas revolution resulted in the defeat of Santa Anna.
What was the Battle of San Jacinto?
300
This president is known as the "Father of Education" because he set aside land for two universities.
Who was Mirabeau Lamar?
300
The process in which a territory or nation (like Texas) becomes part of the United States.
What is annexation?
300
The capital of Texas was moved to this village on the banks of the Colorado river. It would eventually be named Austin.
What is Waterloo?
300
She was kidnapped by the Comanches as a young child, married a chief and had three children.
Who was Cynthia Ann Parker?
300
The name of the bugle call played by Santa Anna at the Battle of the Alamo.
What was "Deguello" which means to slit the throat or to slaughter?
400
A tax on imported goods, Sam Houston was forced to implement these to try to raise money.
What is a tariff?
400
She fired a cannon at the forces of Sam Houston during the "Archives War."
Who was Angelina Eberly?
400
President sent an ill-fated expedition to this city which is located in present day New Mexico.
What is Santa Fe?
400
A famous battle between the Texans and the Comanches happened in Lockhart, TX.
What was the Battle of Plum Creek?
400
While the massacre at the Alamo is more famous, there was another massacre at this place.
What was Goliad?
500
Sam Houston had to put down a feud between settlers who were arguing over land titles in East Texas. It is known as this conflict.
What was the Regulator-Moderator War.
500
The Republic of Texas was an independent country for this long.
What is almost a decade: nine years, eleven months and seventeen days. March 2, 1836 - February 19th, 1846?
500
The Republic of Texas extended north and west into these four states.
What are Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico?
500
This battle was sparked by a meeting between the Comanches and the Texans. The Comanches only brought one of their prisoners to the negotiations.
What was the Council House Fight?
500
She survived the Battle of the Alamo and was sent to Gonzales to warn the Texians not to continue the fight against Mexico.
Who was Susanna Dickinson?