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2. Spring semester examination review
Texas History
Spring semester examination review

3. Chapter 7/8: The Texas Revolution

4. Chapter 9: The Republic of Texas
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
The leader of the Mexican country and army during the Texas Revolution.
Mexicans elected him as a Federalist, but once in office he changed and became a Dictator.

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Jim Bowie
A defender of the Alamo
Leader of the militia at the Alamo
Friends with Sam Houston
Suffered from typhoid-pneumonia during the battle of the Alamo.

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Susanna Dickenson
A survivor of the Alamo who gives one of the most accurate accounts of the battle.

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Colonel William B. Travis
A defender of the Alamo who wrote a letter signed “Victory or Death.”
Leader of the regular army at the Alamo
Young and inexperienced leader
Did not have the people’s support at first.

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Treaty of Velasco
Ended the Texas Revolution
Santa Ana was forced to sign it and later claimed it was not valid and refused to follow it.

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Battle of San Jacinto
Santa Ana split his army to defeat the rebels which proved to be a big mistake
Sam Houston surprise attacked Santa Ana and his men
The battle lasted 18 minutes
Texans win their independence!
Where did Texas win its independence from Mexico?

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Where did Texians fly the “Come and Take It” flag?
during the Battle of Gonzales
The Mexicans were coming to take back their cannon in fear that the rebels would use it against them

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When did Anglo settlers abandon their homes and flee east?
The Runaway Scrape
This was a tactical retreat to train and plan the army to defeat the Mexicans

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annexation
The process of one country taking over part or all of another

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Sam Houston
He led the Texans in the fight against Mexico for their independence.
He defeated Santa Ana at San Jacinto
The first and third president of the Republic of Texas
Governor and Senator of the State of TX

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Lamar
The second president of the Republic of Texas
Known as the Father of Education
Spent excess money to make Texas stronger
Grew the military (navy)

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Washington-on-the-Brazos
The town where Texas declared its independence from Mexico

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Anson Jones
The Texas president who gained Texas’s annexation into the U.S.

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What was the main cash crop in Texas
cotton

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What caused people to move to Texas and where did they originate from?
Americans came for cheap land

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What were the reasons that Americans did not want to annex Texas at first?
Americans didn’t want war with Mexico
Many Americans opposed slavery

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What problems did Sam Houston and Lamar face as president of Texas?
Mexico
Indians
The issue of annexation
Texas’s debts
Problems with the Texas army

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Why did Sam Houston try to cut government spending?
To reduce Texas’s debts

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What was each Texas president’s position on annexation?
Houston and Jones favored annexation
Lamar opposed annexation

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Which president of Texas was finally successful in getting Texas annexed into the U.S.?
Anson B. Jones