Mexican National
What year did Mexico win independence from Spain?
1821
Battle of Gonzales Flag says....
Come and Take it!
Name a problem of the Republic of Texas.
Debt, recognition from other countries
First President of Texas
Sam Houston
adding territory to existing territory
annexation
Further U.S. immigration, new slaves
What happened at Goliad to James Fannin and his troops?
They were massacred by General Urrea under orders from Santa Anna.
Name a reason that the U.S. delayed annexation.
Slave vs free states, Texas debt, war with Mexico
Second President of Texas.
Mirabeau Lamar
the belief that the U.S. should expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Manifest Destiny
What event was the last straw for Texans before revolution?
Stephen F. Austin's arrest
What was the last battle of the Texas Revolution?
Battle of San Jacinto
What was made legal in the Constitution of 1836?
Slavery
Who served twice as president of Texas?
Sam Houston
Money owed by a country or person
Debt
What type of Government did Santa Anna set up?
Centralist
Texas had a temporary government during the revolution. What is the word for this temporary status.
Ad-Interim
Name a policy difference between Lamar and Houston.
Indian relations, handling of Debt, position of annexation
President of Texas when Texas was annexed into the U.S.
Anson Jones
A government real estate agent tasked with settling people in Mexico.
Empresario
Texans supported asked for the reinstatement of what document at the Turtle Bayou Resolutions?
The Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824
What treaty ended the Texas Revolution?
The treaty of Velasco
How did Houston deal with the debt in his first term?
downsizing the military and hiring Rangers to patrol the frontier
This president launched the disastrous Santa Fe expedition.
Mirabeau Lamar
A Mexican Cowboy
Vaquero