Unit 5: Texas Revolution

The Laws of April 6th 1830 included which of the following?

• Immigration to Texas from the US would be stopped

• Outlawed slavery in Texas

• All empresarios would have to give back any unsold land, canceling all contracts

• Placed a tariff on goods & more soldiers would be sent to occupy Texas

What is a tariff?

• To outlaw a product or goods

• A tax on goods or products

• A discount on goods or products

• None of the above

Why did Texans write the Turtle Bayou Resolutions?

• To declare independence from Mexico

• To form a new government in Texas

• To protest the treatment of Texas citizens by the US government

• To protest how the Mexican government was treating Texans

What did Texans declare in the Turtle Bayou Resolutions?

• Texas was loyal to Mexico and they supported Santa Anna

• The Mexican government was not following the Mexican Constitution of 1824

• Independence from Mexico

• They wanted reforms or changes in the Mexican government

Why did Texans support Santa Anna in the beginning?

• Santa Anna claimed to be a Centralist

• Santa Anna said he would allow Texas to be independent from Mexico

• Santa Anna claimed to be a Federalist

• Texans never supported Santa Anna

What is a centralist?

• Wants the power in the hands of a small group or one person

• Shares the power between the national government and the states

• A person who immigrates from the US into Texas

• None of the above

When Federalists won power in Mexico, they elected ______ to be the President

• Augustine de Iturbide

• Santa Anna

• Anastasio Bustamante

• Miguel Hidalgo

When Stephen F. Austin went to Mexico City to see Santa Anna, what was his purpose? Select all that apply.

• To ask for independence and a loan to start an independent state

• To request that Texas be an independent state within Mexico with two elected representatives

• To request that the Law of April 6th be canceled, allowing US settlers back into Texas

• To request that the Law of April 6th be canceled, allowing slavery back into Texas

Before he met with Santa Anna, what mistake did Stephen F. Austin make that would later lead to his arrest?

• He declared Texas independent from Mexico in a letter to the colonists in Texas

• He wrote a letter to the colonists encouraging them to declare war on Mexico.

• Without Santa Anna's permission, he wrote a letter to the Texan colonists, telling them to set up their own government

• He wrote a letter to the US president asking for Texas to be annexed into the US

Which battle does this flag represent?

• Battle of Gonzales

• Battle at the Alamo

• Goliad Massacre

• Fredonian Rebellion