Unit 5: Texas Revolution

The Texas Revolution was -

• a war that followed the Revolutionary War

• a war of independence from the Confederacy

• a war of independence from Mexico

• a war between the US and Mexico

Why did Lorenzo de Zavala turn away from Mexican Federalism to support Texas independence?

• Because he was a revolutionary

• Because he was friends with Stephen Austin

• Because he was opposed to centralism

• Because he opposed Santa Anna's dictatorship

William B. Travis is best known as--

• a lawyer who harbored runaway slaves

• a martyr for the cause of Mexican Independence

• the Texas commander at the Battle of the Alamo

• an illegal immigrant from the US to Texas

George Childress played an important role in the Texas Revolution by--

• capturing Mexican leader Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

• serving as the leader of the Revolutionary Army of Texas

• helping to write the Texas Declaration of Independence

• warning revolutionary leaders about the attack on the Alamo

Who served as the first VICE president of the Republic of Texas?

• William B. Travis

• George Childress

• Sam Houston

• Lorenzo de Zavala

What would make the best title for these notes?

Limited American settlement in Texas.

Canceled empresario grants.

Banned bringing slaves to Texas.

• Law of April 6, 1830

• Turtle Bayou Resolutions

• State Colonization Law of 1825

• Texas Declaration of Independence

The Mier y Teran Report affected settlement in Texas by convincing the Mexican government--

• to outlaw immigration from the US to Texas

• to ban immigrants from Europe from settling in Texas

• to make trade between Texas and the US easier

• to issue more land grants to Anglo empresarios