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Vocabulary
100

Where the first settlers in Texas came from

The United States

100
Travis signed his letter with these last 3 words 

Victory or death

100

Santa Anna ordered his troops to do this to the Texas prisoners

kill all the prisoners

100

The father of Texas Education

Mirabeau B. Lamar

100

Leatherstockings

They were mountain men and frontier men who did not like the government

200

The leader of the Mexican Army

Santa Ana
200

The number of days that the Battle for the Alamo lasted

12 days

200
The number of men that Colonel James W. Fannin recruited to help Texas fight Mexico

between  400-500

200

The Father of Texas

Stephen F. Austin

200

Angel of Goliad 

Francisa Alvarez-helped Texas soldiers who were prisoners in Mexico by giving them foo, water and helping them escape 

300

Where the first battle for Texas Independence took place and why

Gonzales, Texas Mexico wanted a cannon back that they gave the settlers to protect them from the Native Americans. The settlers said no and protected themselves against the Mexican Army 

300

The number of soldiers fighting for Texas and the number of soldiers fighting for Mexico

Texas- 189/200

Mexico-1800

300

Where Sam Houston sent Texas soldiers and settlers to hide from Santa Anna's army

The Colorado River

300

Why the city Austin was chosen as the location for the capital of Texas

The land was beautiful, near the Colorado River, plenty of trees and stones. 

300

Old 300 

The first Anglo-Americans to settle in Texas

400

3 things the settlers wanted from Mexico?

Land to build schools

Roads

their own government and army

400

The 3 important men who helped Texas fight at the Alamo

Davy Crockett. James Bonham. Jim Bowie

400
How  Major General Sam Houston and his army defeat Santa Anna and his army

Sent out scouts and spies. Destroyed a bridge. Waited for Mexican soliders to take a nap and then attacked them


400

The number of Anglo-Americans Stephen F. Austin bought to settle in Texas

300

400

Raven 

The name given to Sam Houston by the Cherokee Indians

500

The biggest crop in Texas colonies

corn

500
The meaning of the red flag that the Mexican Army flew from the steeple of the church

Santa Anna was saying that they would take no prisoners. They would kill everyone fighting against them

500

McCullough ancestor who was a prominent figure in the war of 1812 and Texas Revolution

Edward Burleson

500

The first President of the Republic of Texas

Sam Houston 

500

March 2nd Celebration 

The signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2nd, 1836