Pre-War Texas Territory
The country that Texas originally belonged to
What is Spain?
The commander of the Texas Revolutionary Army.
Who is Sam Houston?
The term used to describe the Mexican government by Americans in Texas.
What is government overreach?
An old mission used by the Texans to defend against the Mexican army.
What is the Alamo?
The year that Texas became a state.
What is 1845?
The year that Mexico outlawed slavery.
What is 1829?
The term used for Houston's path eastward through Texas to lure Santa Anna into a trap.
What is a retreat?
These were complaints by Tejanos against American settlers.
What are:
Illegal immigrants
No respect for Mexican culture
Famous frontiersman from Tennessee who fought at the Alamo.
Who is Davy Crockett?
The year that Texas would declare independence and become it's own country.
What is 1836?
Individuals who lived in Texas but were of Mexican descent.
Who are Tejanos?
The statement yelled by the Texas army as they surprise attacked the sleeping Mexican army.
What is "Remember the Alamo"?
The man who was thrown in jail for trying to negotiate with Santa Anna.
Who is Stephen Austin?
The amount of time it took the Mexican army to storm and take over the Alamo.
What is 90 minutes?
The president who was eager to acquire Texas.
Who is James Polk?
The man who was granted permission to start the first American colony in Texas.
Who is Moses Austin?
The first and only president of the independent country of Texas.
Who is Sam Houston?
Who was Santa Anna?
The color of the flag that signaled "no mercy" by the Mexican army.
What is a blood-red flag?
The two main reasons that Texas was admitted as a state.
What are:
1. Large area of land great for growing Cotton
2. Manifest Destiny
These were the conditions that had to be met for colonists to live in Mexican-controlled Texas.
What is:
become Mexican citizens
join Catholic Church
only moral and hardworking settlers allowed
The nickname given to the country of Texas.
What is the Lone Star Republic?
Who are Hotheads?
Message that was proclaimed by William Travis to other towns in Texas.
What is "Victory or Death"?
To add territory to a country. Such an addition is called annexation.
What is Annex?