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1. The first battle of the Texas Revolution was the
2. The townspeople refused to give a ______ to the Mexicans
3. A flag with the words, ________ flew over the cannon
4. The _____ won the Battle of Gonzales
1. Battle of Gonzales
2. cannon
3. “Come and Take It”
4. Texans
Who led the 5,000 Mexican soldiers at the Battle of the Alamo?
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
What event from the Texas Revolution is this describing:
was the last battle of the Texas Revolution, and it took 18 minutes
The Texans were led by General Sam Houston and the Mexican army was led by Santa Anna
During the battle, soldiers cried out, “Remember the Alamo” and “Remember Goliad”
Battle of San Jacinto (April 21, 1836)
–a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
Republic
The main duty of the Texas Rangers was to:
protect settlers from Native American attacks
What was the largest immigrant group in Texas during the 1830s?
Germans
a famous U.S. Congressman and frontiersman, joined up with Texans to fight (Tennessee)
Davy Crockett
What event during the Texas Revolution is this describing?
Many Texans were scared of Santa Anna and the Mexican Army after the Goliad Massacre (March 27, 1836)...
As they got closer colonists decided to leave their homes and belongings and head east to the United States
Many Texans died from disease and difficulties as they ran away
The Runaway Scrape
Since Texans were now free from Mexico, they wrote the Texas Constitution and modeled it after the _________________________
Three branches of government were created:
Under the new government, Texans would get to ____ for their leaders
U.S. Constitution
legislative, executive, and judicial
vote
Many Americans supported __________ – the belief the U.S. should own all land from the east coast to the west coast – this included Texas
Manifest Destiny
Texas independence was officially declared on __________ , and Texans today still celebrate this date
March 2, 1836
__________ and _________ were the Texas leaders at the Alamo
Colonel William B. Travis; James Bowie
How many days did the battle of the Alamo last?
Who won?
13; Mexico
The ________ was a popular cattle breed during the Early Republic;
_______ was a major food source grown on Texans’ family farms, and ______ was the favorite cash crop to grow
Texas Longhorn;
Corn; Cotton
1. Texas was in ______ (owed money) after fighting the Texas Revolution
2. Texans argued about whether or not they should be _______ (added) to the United States
3. Texans worried about _______ from Mexico and Native Americans
1. debt
2. annexed
3. attacks
What was the U.S.-Mexican War fought over?
Mexico felt that the ________ was the border between Texas and Mexico
The U.S. felt that the _______ was the border between Texas and Mexico
The U.S. and Mexico disagreed over the boundary of Texas;
Rio Grande;
Nueces River
__________ was a witness and survivor of the Alamo
She was brought to Santa Anna, and he gave her a blanket and $2 in silver
Santa Anna sent _________ as a messenger to warn Sam Houston and Texans about what happened at the Alamo
Susanna Dickinson
He wrote his famous Victory or Death letter, asking for help since the Texans were surrounded by the Mexican army and outnumbered
William B. Travis
The ________ separated the seeds from the cotton fibers quickly and increased cotton production. _____ slaves were needed to pick cotton from the fields to be cleaned by the gin
cotton gin;
More
After the Mexican American War, the Treaty of _________ was signed. It declared the Rio Grande as the border between the U.S. and Mexico
Guadalupe Hidalgo
List the five flags that have flown over Texas (in order) that we have discussed in class.
1. Spain
2. France (Back to Spain)
3. Mexico
4. Republic of Texas
5. The United States of America
Texans held a meeting at ________________ to discuss independence, and they agreed it was time
_________________ wrote most of the Texas Declaration of Independence
Washington-on-the-Brazos
George C. Childress
Put these battles from the Texas Revolution in chronological order:
1. Battle of San Jacinto
2. Goliad Massacre (Fort Defiance/La Bahia)
3. Battle of the Alamo
4. Battle of Gonzales
5. Signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence
1. Battle of Gonzales (Oct. 2, 1835)
2. Battle of the Alamo (Feb. 23, 1836 - (March 6, 1836)
3. Signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence - (March 2, 1836)
4. Goliad Massacre (March 27, 1836)
5. Battle of San Jacinto (April 21, 1836)
A___________ started in Texas under the Mexican Constitution of 1824, continued into the Republic, and remains through today. The government doesn’t interfere much, so businesses can compete for a profit (make money), and consumers get to choose who they want to buy from
What is this called?
free enterprise economy
List the Presidents of the Republic of Texas in order:
1. Sam Houston
2. Mirabeau B. Lamar
3. Sam Houston
4. Anson Jones