Sections 1 & 2
What are foot soldiers referred to as?
Infantry
Texas delegates focused on military concerns, aiming to create a professional army similar to the US army. Who was its commander-in-chief?
Sam Houston
What date did the Consultation begin?
November 4, 1835
Sam Houston was alarmed that the Texas army was so ill prepared and disorganized. He sent blank to San Antonio to evaluate the situation there
james Jim Bowie
He ordered that a large blank be raised so the defenders within the Alamo could see it. This “no quarter” flag meant that Santa Anna would leave no survivors. The siege of the Alamo was underway.
Blood-Red Flag
What is the name of the collective that claimed that Texas should declare independence from Mexico?
Pro-war delegates
What was the name of those people that wished to remain loyal to Mexico?
Pro-peace group
To assist in the administration of the government, the Consultation established the General Council, which appointed three commissioners to travel to the United States with the purpose of recruiting army volunteers and raising funds. What are the names of the three individuals?
Stephen F. Austin, William H. Wharton, and Branch T. Archer
In addition, the Texans there had access to weapons left by Cos and his army. In addition, the Alamo was strategically located along the blank —one of the two major routes through Texas.
Old San Antonio Road
On blank , Mexican forces began firing on the Alamo. That day Travis wrote a plea “To the People of Texas and All Americans in the World.” The letter was a request for aid in the face of certain death.
February 24
Sam Houston and William Goyens from Nacogdoches traveled to East Texas to seek a peace treaty with whom?
The Cherokee
A committee assembled to discuss Texans' strategies for dealing with Mexico; the opening was slated for mid-October, but was postponed due to the commencement of battles in Texas. What was the meeting known as?
Consultation
Soldiers who fought on horseback were known as what?
Cavalry
When Smith received Bowie’s letter, he decided to send reinforcements to San Antonio. He ordered Colonel blank to raise a force and assist Bowie. However, blank could gather only 30 soldiers.
William B. Travis
Travis sent out several more requests for help. Bonham left to find aid for the Alamo, only to sneak back in on March 3. blank also sneaked past Mexican troops to request help from Goliad.
Juan Seguín
On November 26, one of Burleson's scouts rode into camp and reported that over 100 Mexican soldiers and pack animals were on their way to San Antonio. What is the name of that individual?
Erastus “Deaf” Smith
On October 2, 1835, the Mexicans began firing shots, and the Texans retaliated in kind. The skirmish was brief, and no Texans were killed, but at least one Mexican soldier died. What's the name of the battle?
Battle of Gonzales
Who authorized the creation of a navy?
General Council
blank led a dozen Tennessee volunteers into San Antonio a few days after Travis arrived
Davy Crockett
Led by Captain blank , they crept in under cover of early morning darkness. There would be no other help.
Albert Martin
Troops commanded by Bowie were dispatched to ambush the Mexicans and grab their silver; Bowie's unit promptly overcame the soldiers and stole their cargo. The Texans enthusiastically opened the bags that were meant to contain silver, only to find grass for feeding horses instead. What did this occurrence become known as?
The Grass Fight
Who was elected governor of the provisional government?
Henry Smith
What was the name of the document that justified the Texans' fighting against Mexico; Texans were not rebelling, they argued, but only fighting to defend their rights under the 1824 Constitution, and as long as Mexico denied these rights, the Texans were justified in forming their own government?
Declaration of November 7, 1835
blank and a volunteer force from Alabama called the Mobile Grays also joined the Texas defenders.
James Bonham
In the early morning hours of blank the Texas defenders were awakened suddenly. They heard shouts from Mexican soldiers and the sound of music.
March 6
During the siege, the Texas army's command changed after Stephen F. Austin concluded he was a better diplomat than a general and accepted a position as a commissioner to the United States. The soldiers elected an experienced officer to take charge of the army. What's his name?
Edward Burleson
Austin was dissatisfied with his camp's location and wanted to find one closer to the city where he could keep an eye on Cos. To identify such a spot, he dispatched a search group commanded by a frontiersman from Louisiana. What's the name of the frontiersman?
James “Jim” Bowie
At the same time Davy Crockett was writing his letter to his children, Mexican forces were marching on Texas. Led by blank himself, these troops were determined to punish Texans for their rebellion.
Santa Anna
James Bonham and a volunteer force from Alabama called the blank also joined the Texas defenders.
Mobile Grays
Santa Anna’s army band was playing “blank.” The song meant that no mercy would be shown.
El Degüello
The Battle of Gonzales is traditionally considered the beginning of what?
The Texas Revolution
After digging up the cannon and loading it onto a cart, the rebels taunted the Mexican troops by creating a flag with an image of a cannon and a statement. What exactly did the statement say?
COME AND TAKE IT
By February 1836 Santa Anna’s army of some blank soldiers was well on its way to San Antonio.
6,000
blank , a 29-year-old lawyer, was in charge of strengthening the plaza walls. He and the other defenders built up some of the walls to 12 feet high and 2 feet thick.
Green Jameson
As the smoke cleared, almost all the defenders were dead. Among those killed were all the leaders of the defenders, including Travis, Crockett, Bowie, and Bonham. Also among the dead were several Tejano defenders, including Juan Abamillo, Juan A. Badillo, Carlos Espalier, José María Esparza, Antonio Fuentes, Damacio Jiménez, José Toribio Losoya, and Andrés Nava. Accounts of Mexican losses vary, but there were about 600 Mexican blank/ blank are those killed, wounded, captured, or missing during battle.
Casualties
Who was elected lietenant governor of the provisional government?
James Robinson
Motivated by their victory in Gonzales, the volunteers plotted their next move and began to organize themselves into a formal army. They elected officers; who was elected as General?
Stephen F. Austin
Mexican General blank was headed toward Goliad along the Gulf Coast with another army.
José de Urrea
Jameson directed the building of blank —high fences made of stakes—behind which soldiers could fight. He also worked with artillery officer Almaron Dickinson to choose locations for the fort’s 21 cannons.
Palisades
One of the survivors was blank , wife of Almaron Dickinson, and her daughter Angelina. Other survivors were Ana Salazar Esparza, wife of José María Esparza, and her children. Santa Anna also spared a slave named Joe and several other noncombatants, or people not involved in fighting.
Susanna Dickinson
Milam's plea was heeded by around 300 Texans, who assembled at the Old Mill that night. Ben Milam and one other person each led a group during the raid on San Antonio. What is the name of that person?
Francis W. Johnson
A captured Mexican officer was brought to the camp and stated that General Cos' men were ineffective and disorderly. After hearing the story, who shouted to the troops, "Who will go with old Ben Milam into San Antonio?"
Ben Milam
Colonel blank had just over 100 troops in San Antonio. About 400 more soldiers were in Goliad under the command of Colonel James Fannin.
James Neill
He also worked with artillery officer blank to choose locations for the fort’s 21 cannons. Even with such improvements, the Alamo would be difficult to defend without more troops
Almaron Dickinson
Santa Anna also spared a slave named Joe and several other blank , or people not involved in fighting. Many of these blank had entered the Alamo looking for safety from the approaching Mexican army. Despite the brutality of the attack, most—but not all—of these blank survived.
Noncombatants
Who was it that gave the Gonzales residents the order to turn over the cannon DeWitt had been given four years prior? They buried the cannon in an orchard after refusing.
Domingo de Ugartechea
What is a temporary government known as?
Provisional
Colonel James Neill had just over 100 troops in San Antonio. About 400 more soldiers were in Goliad under the command of Colonel blank
James Fannin
The area enclosed by the two buildings and walls of the Alamo was about three acres, and would require about 1,000 soldiers to defend it properly. The Texas soldiers in the Alamo at this time numbered little more than blank .
150
General Santa Anna believed that the fall of the Alamo would convince Texans to surrender. In a letter, he wrote that he had achieved “a complete and glorious triumph.” Instead, the Alamo became a symbol to many Texans that they must fight on at any cost. blank became a rallying cry for the Texan army.
Remember the Alamo