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Alamo
San Jacinto
Declaration of Independence
Early Battles
Vocabulary
100
to defeat the Texas army and stop the revolution
Why did Santa Anna and his soldiers enter the Alamo on February 24, 1836?
100
They were afraid of Santa Anna’s troops
Why did Texas settlers flee eastward during the runaway scrape?
100
people at the meeting created a temporary government for Texas
What is the Consultation at San Felipe?
100
He was not elected fairly
What is not a reason Texas fought against Santa Anna?
100
when Texans fled eastward because they feared for their lives
What is the Runaway Scrape?
200
He was furious that Texans had taken it
Why did Santa Anna want to attack the Alamo?
200
It is a reminder of the Texans’ victory in the last battle of the Texas Revolution
What does the San Jacinto Monument represent to Texas?
200
because the leaders declared Texas independent from Mexico
Why was the Convention of 1836 an important meeting?
200
Gonzales
What early battle gave Texans the courage to start a revolution?
200
a memorial
What is a monument?
300
Every Texan in the Alamo, including women and children, were killed.
What is something that did not happen at the Alamo?
300
the decision to attack Santa Anna first
What decision by Sam Houston paid off at the Battle of San Jacinto?
300
It is part of the Texas Declaration of Independence
What is not true about the Texas Bill of Rights?
300
so that Texans would trade with Mexico only
Why did Santa Anna demand that Texans pay taxes on goods from the U.S. and Mexico?
300
a formal agreement between two countries
What is a treaty?
400
Remember the Alamo!
What became the battle cry of Sam Houston’s troops?
400
Texas would be allowed to join the United States
What was not included in the Treaty of Velasco?
400
Come and take it!
What did the soldier at Gonzales write on the white flags above the cannon?
400
to protect settlers from Mexican soldiers
Why did Texans attack a Mexican fort at Goliad?
400
money paid to the government in exchange for services
What is a tax?
500
Texans had written a Declaration of independence
What did Texans at the Alamo not know?
500
Money owed to others had been used to buy weapons
What was the main reason that the new nation of Texas was in debt?
500
It is the day the Texans voted for independence
What is the significance of the date March 2nd, 1836, in Texas history?
500
Ben Milam
Who led an attack on Mexican soldiers in San Antonio in December 1835?
500
money owed to others
What is debt?