Republic to Annexation Test Review

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• Houston

• 5/14/1836

  
  Texas gained its independence from _____________ with the Treaty of Velasco following the Texas Revolution.  Texas was $1.25 million in debt because of the revolution

• First

• Summer 1838

  Anglo settlers began to swarm into the town of _______________ in East Texas

• Mexico

• Summer 1838

  
  The sudden increase of Anglo settlers upset the town’s _____________ citizens, who felt like they were losing their rights to the Anglos

• Nacogdoches

• April 1837

  After his election, Sam Houston moved the capital to ______________

• Tejano

• 09/05/1836

  
  Sam Houston was elected as 

  Texas’ __________ president

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• Participation

• Summer 1838

  
  Because the __________ citizens were upset, they began the _____________

  ________________

• Austin

• 10/17/1839

  
  One of the first things President Lamar did was to move the capital to _______________

• Tejano/Cordova Rebellion

• Summer 1838

  
  The ______________ of Native Americans in the Cordova Rebellion convinced Vice President Lamar that the “Red Man and the White Man” cannot live to together

• Vicente Cordova/Cordova Rebellion

• 09/03/1838

  
  ______________________

  was elected as Texas’ second president

• Mirabeau Lamar

• Summer 1838

  
  __________ _________ was the leader of the ____________

  ________________, 

  and  he convinced Native Americans to join the rebellion

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• Angry/Increased

• 6/19/1841

  
  President Lamar organized the ___________________ ____________ in order to control the trade routes in and out of the Mexican city.

  Santa Fe Expedition

• Sam Houston

• 03/19/1840

  
  During the Council House Fight, 

  ____________leaders were killed or taken prisoner

• Santa Fe Expedition

• 6/19/1841

  
  Following the Sante Fe Expedition, Mexico became very __________

  And tensions ____________between Mexico and Texas

  Angry/Increased

• Comanche

• 6/19/1841

  Those on the Santa Fe Expedition were taken ____________ and sent to Perote Prison in Mexico

• Prisoner

• 09/06/1841

  ________ ________________

  is elected Texas’ third president
  

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• Angry/Increased

• 12/23/1842

  
  Texan forces invaded the Mexican town of _________ to demand supplies

• Santa Anna

• Mar. 1842 & Sep. 1842

  
  Because of the Sante Fe Expedition, ________ __________ ordered Mexican forces to invade Texas and occupy San Antonio twice

• Mier

• Late Dec. 1842

  10% of the Texans were executed in the Bean Game.  If you picked a ________bean you were executed.  If you picked a ____________ bean you were spared

• Prisoner

• Late Dec. 1842

  
  Following the Sante Fe Expedition, Mexico became very __________

  and tensions ____________between Mexico and Texas

• Black/White

• 12/25/1842

  
  The Mexican forces defeated the Texan forces and took them___________

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• Austin

• 12/30/1842

  
  President Houston also ordered all of Texas’ _____________ (written records) to be removed from Austin leading to the Archives War

• Slavery

• Annexation Question 2

  Texas wasn’t initially annexed by the USA because Texas allowed _________

• Safety

• Fall of 1842

  Due to his safety concerns, President Houston moved the capital from  ______________ to Washington on the Brazos

• Add

• Fall of 1842

  Because of increased tensions with Mexico, President Houston felt that the capital was too close to Mexico for _____________

• Archives

• Annexation Question 1

  Annexation means to ________

  _________________________________________________

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• Annexed

• 12/29/1845

  
  Texas is ______________ by the USA, becoming the 28th state of the country

• Anson Jones

• Annexation Question 3

  Texans wanted annexation because the country’s __________ would be paid off and they would be _______________ from Mexico

• Debts/Protected

• 09/02/1844

  
  ____________ _____________ is elected the 4th and final president of Texas

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