Vocabulary Flash Cards

Who founded a colony for Americans in Spanish Texas?

• Stephen F. Austin
• Tejanos
• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
• Sam Houston
• Juan Seguin

People of Mexican heritage who consider Texas their home?

• Stephen F. Austin
• Tejanos
• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
• Sam Houston
• Juan Seguin

Who was the Mexican president that led an army against Texas?

• Stephen F. Austin
• Tejanos
• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
• Sam Houston
• Juan Seguin

Who was the commander of the Texas army at the Battle of San Jacinto later elected president of the Republic of Texas?

• Stephen F. Austin
• Tejanos
• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
• Sam Houston
• Juan Seguin

This Tejano was a hero of the Texas Revolution.

• Stephen F. Austin
• Tejanos
• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
• Sam Houston
• Juan Seguin

Name of the battle between Texas and Mexico in 1836.

• Stephen F. Austin
• Tejanos
• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
• Sam Houston
• Juan Seguin

What was the nickname of the republic of Texas once free from Mexico?

• Stephen F. Austin
• Tejanos
• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
• Sam Houston
• Juan Seguin

What is the name that Spanish explorers gave present day Texas?

• Stephen F. Austin
• Tejanos
• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
• Sam Houston
• Juan Seguin

To join or merge a territory into an existing political unit such as a country or state?

• Stephen F. Austin
• Tejanos
• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
• Sam Houston
• Juan Seguin