Dates
In What year did the Texans elect Sam Houston as their President?
What is 1836
To block off
What is Barricade
True or False:
Stephen F. Austin brought 800 American families to live in Texas, making him a leader among settlers.
What is false
In 1837, what was the population of Florida?
What is about 48,000
The land that is now Texas used to be controlled by ___
Mexico
In what year did Mexico win their independence from Spain?
What is 1821
To add a territory to one’s own territory
What is annex
True or False:
The constitution allowed slavery
What is True
How many Floridians attended the Constitutional Convention in St. Joseph?
What is 56 Floridians?
Mexico originally _____ American settlers.
Encouraged.
In what year was the Florida Statehood Bill signed?
What is 1845
An order given by a person in authority
What is a Decree
The location where a small American force Held back the Mexican army.
What is the Capital of Florida?
What is Tallahassee
In what year was the census for the Florida Territory taken?
What is 1837
A Texan of Latin American, often Mexican, descent
What is a Tejano
Who was the Texans' Vice President under Sam Houston?
Who was Mirabeau Lamar
How many people lived in the Florida Territory before the word of the Fertile Land spread?
What is fewer than 8,000 people
Who especially wanted Texas Territory?
Who are Southerners
In what year was Florida's first constitution approved?
What is 1839
A bill that was signed to make Florida a State
What is the Florida Statehood Bill
In the new land of Florida, planters established ______ and ______ plantations.
What are tobacco and cotton
in 1821, Florida became a territory of _____
The United States.
What State gave land to encourage people to settle in Texas?
What is Mexico