Annexation of Texas
If the United States annexed Texas, they knew it would result in __________
war with Mexico
____ was the first president of the Republic of Texas. He also was in charge of Santa Anna and the Treaties of Velasco.
David G. Burnet
In the Travis letter asking that help be sent to the Alamo, William B Travis underlined the words ________ three times
Victory or Death
What region is mostly flat, grassy land or plains? Located in the Panhandle of Texas and then reaches down south to the Rio Grande?
The Great Plains
Abilene, Lubbock, Odessa and Amarillo are located in which region?
The Great Plains
Who was elected as senator to be a part of the United States Congress?
Sam Houston
There were ___ presidents of the Republic of Texas.
four
____ was the leader of the Mexican army
Santa Anna
What region has wide open spaces with rugged plateaus and desert mountains? located in the southern tip of the Rocky Mountains of the United States?
Mountains and Basins
El Paso, Big Bend, Marfa and Alpine are located in which region?
Mountains and Basins
Texas became the ___ state in the United States.
28th
The Republic of Texas invited new settlers to ___
move into Texas
The people of Gonzales refused to give up their cannon and flew a flag that said ___________
Come and Take It
What is our state bird?
Mockingbird
What is our state flower?
Bluebonnet
When did Texas become a state?
December 29th, 1845
The new republic owed money for the ships in the Texas ____
Navy
Santa Anna was defeated at the ______________
Battle of San Jacinto
What region has grassy landscape with many Cedar trees? Home to the Texas Hill Country?
Central Plains
Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Fredericksburg, and Kerville are located in which region?
Central Plains
What does annexation mean?
Adding new land to a country by adopting or taking in another country or territory
The three branches of government for the new republic were the ____, _____, and _____
judicial, legislative, executive
Santa Anna signed two treaties at ____ that ended the war and gave Texas its freedom
Velasco
Which region has dense pine forests? Begin at the beaches of the Gulf Coast and stretch west into the grassy plains?
Coastal Plains
Houston, Galveston, Corpus Christi, Brownsville, Beaumont and San Antonio are located in which region?
Coastal Plains