Road To Revolution
Texans originally supported this Mexican document because it protected local control and federalism.
What is the Constitution of 1824?
Texans supported this political system because it allowed states to share power with the national government.
What is federalism?
The Alamo siege lasted 13 days and ended with this event.
What is the final assault on March 6, 1836?
The Goliad prisoners believed they were being transferred but instead were executed on this date.
What is March 27, 1836?
What was the first battle of the Texas Revolution?
What is the Battle of Gonzales?
Why did many settlers originally immigrate to Texas?
What is “Land, opportunity, and economic freedom”?
Which major event convinced Texans that peaceful reform with Mexico was impossible?
What is the arrest of Stephen F. Austin?
By late 1835, Santa Anna dissolved this key document, replacing elected leaders with appointed Centralist governors.
What is the Constitution of 1824?
This commander wrote “Victory or Death” from the Alamo.
Who is William B. Travis?
This Texan commander surrendered at Coleto Creek believing his men would be paroled.
Who is James Fannin?
At Gonzales, Texans raised this now-iconic flag.
What is the “Come and Take It” flag?
What economic issue united settlers across class lines?
What is “economic hardship from trade restrictions and taxes”?
This 1830 law restricted immigration, increased taxes, and caused widespread anger in Texas.
What is the Law of April 6, 1830?
Political instability in Mexico—monarchy, republic, then dictatorship—deepened Texan distrust. What was the effect?
What is “Texans believed Mexico could not govern them fairly”?
Santa Anna ordered defenders’ bodies burned after the battle, leading to this mass evacuation across Texas.
What is the Runaway Scrape?
Which Mexican commander protested the Goliad executions but was overruled by Santa Anna?
Who is General José de Urrea?
Militias captured this key location early in the fighting.
What is Goliad?
Which group of Texans lost faith in compromise after Austin’s call for defense?
Who are the Peace Party?
This 1828 investigation warned that Texas could be “lost forever” without increased Mexican control.
What is the Mier y Terán Report?
which factor most convinced Texans that war with Mexico was unavoidable?
What is Santa Anna’s dictatorship and loss of local control?
This famous inscription compares the Alamo to ancient Sparta.
What is “The Alamo had no messenger of defeat”?
What effect did the Goliad Massacre have on Texans
What is “It united Texans and fueled the cry ‘Remember Goliad!’”?
why did news of Gonzales spread like wildfire?
What is “It proved armed resistance had begun and Texans could win”?
how did daily life feel under Mexican military patrols?
What is “like occupation rather than governance”?
Why did Texas move from petitions to full revolution?
What is “Mexico repeatedly ignored peaceful requests, leaving revolt as the only option”?
what effect did Mexico’s constant leadership changes (monarchy → republic → dictatorship) have on Texans?
What is “Texans believed Mexico could not govern them fairly”?
Why does say the Alamo endures in Texas memory?
What is “It symbolizes unity, sacrifice, and the cost of freedom”?
Who protected dozens of Texan prisoners during the Goliad Massacre?
Who is Francita Alavez, the 'Angel of Goliad'?
Why is Gonzales compared to the battles of Lexington and Concord?
What is Texans preparing militias before open conflict?
Why did revolutions in America, France, and South America inspire Mexicans?
They showed independence from powerful nations was possible.”
Which event signaled that the conflict between Mexico and Texas had fully shifted from political disagreement to military conflict?
What is the Battle of Gonzales?
When do laws push people away instead of protecting them?
“When citizens feel unheard or oppressed by their government.”
would the Revolution have succeeded without the Alamo's example?
What is “No — the Alamo inspired unity and determination across Texas”?
What chain reaction from Coleto Creek to Goliad?
“Fannin’s delay → surrounded → surrender → Santa Anna ignored parole → massacre.”
What daily-life condition increased fear and anger among Texas civilians before the war?
What is “military patrols searching homes and enforcing laws”?
What can modern Texans learn from the choices of 1830–1835?
What is “Freedom is strongest when people feel heard by their government”?