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Who lowered the flag over Texas and announced that "The Republic of Texas is no more?"
Anson Jones
100
State bird?
Mockingbird
100
Forced to surrender at Goliad in 1836?
James Fannin
100
Types of shelters nomadic Comanche lived in?
Teepees
100
What words did the people of Gonzales write on a flag?
Come And Take It
200
Invented condensed milk?
Gail Borden
200
State reptile?
Horned lizard
200
U.S. President who declared war on Mexico in 1846?
James Polk
200
When did Columbus go in search of Asia but landed near Florida instead?
1492
200
Signed on March 2, 1836 at Washington on the Brazos?
Texas Declaration of Independence
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Mexican leader who took more power than the people gave him?
Santa Ana
300
State large mammal?
Longhorn?
300
Last President of the Republic of Texas?
Anson Jones
300
Three main goals that rulers of Spain had for exploring the Americas?
Gold, Glory (conquer land), God (spread Roman Catholic faith)
300
Whose speech "the cry of Delores" started revolution that led to Mexico's independence from Spain?
Father Miguel Hildalgo
400
Drew a line in the sand at the Alamo?
Colonel William Travis
400
State small mammal?
Armadillo
400
Became governor when Anson Jones stepped down as president of Republic of Texas?
James Pinckney Henderson
400
Name given to the flag that flew over Texas in 1839?
Lone Star Flag
400
Why did some U.S. leaders oppose the annexation of Texas?
Texas allowed slavery and Texas had debts
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Led Texans to victory in Battle of San Jacinto?
Sam Houston
500
Largest region?
Coastal Plains
500
Female survivor of the Alamo?
Susanna Dickinson
500
What did the GTT mean that was found over old homes that settlers abandoned?
Gone to Texas
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Which river did Mexico "claim" was the border between Mexico and Texas?
Nueces River (150 miles north of Rio Grande)