Test 3 Flashcards
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John Quincy Adams
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Wins the “corrupt bargain election” due to Henry Clays bargain and Jackson hates them both for teaming up against him and causing him to loose the election
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Joel Poinsett
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Bad ambassador who ruined the relationship between the US & Mexico while trying to buy Texas, very arrogant
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Henry Clay
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Wants to be president after Monroe steps down, but decides to drop out of the election and support John Quincy Adams as long as he can be Secretary of State in order to ONE DAY be president
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Edward Burleson
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- “Indian fighter”
- happily served in many different positions
- VP of The Republic of Texas
- at Horseshoe Bend when he was only 14… Got noticed because of that
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Yorkino
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- thought Americans were friends
- larger
- constitution of 1824
- hatred to tyrants lodge
- more government control
- York rite
- Lorenzo de Zavala
- Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
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Escoceses
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- America is the enemy
- Scottish rite
- elites
- el sol lodge
- Lucas Alaman
- Manuel Mier y Teran
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William B Travis
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- nickname “Buck”
- groups up in Alabama
- well educated, becomes a teacher
- has an affair with his student
- marries her and has a son
- becomes a third string lawyer and newspaper editior
- gambler, in debt
- leaves his wife and opens a law firm in Texas
- was a war dog
- SFA wanted him arrested
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James Bowie
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- colonel in army
- got real messed during the sandbar fight
- killed the guy and cut out his heart
- lucky in battle until he died at the Alamo
- made money by trading slaves and forging land grants until he gets caught
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James Fannin
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- traded slaves in Texas
- always sick
- was a colonel of the rebels
- surrendered to Mexican forces after being out numbered at Coleto Creek
- him and 344 men were then executed soon afterward in Goliad
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JC Neil
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-forgotten Alamo commander
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Sam Houston
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- alcoholic
- makes an ass out of himself when he first comes to the army
- governor of Tennessee
- get married to a women who won’t sleep with him so he gave her back to her father and he resigns as governor and never becomes president
- politics revolve around him
- told obscene stories for money
- gave a drunk 12 hour speech and the house of representatives loved him
- went to Texas to meet with Jackson and see if Mexican Texas wanted to become part of the USA
- “the raven”
- lived with the Cheeroke tribe
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William Stanberry
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- studied law
- known to be controversial
- made accusations about Sam Houston
- Sam Houston ran into him one night and whooped his ass with his cane
- tried to shoot Sam but the pistol misfired
- pressed charges against Sam
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Tiana Rogers
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- daughter of the Cheeroke chief
- mixed blood
- married Sam under Cheeroke law because Sam was still married under common law
- they had one son and she had two children from her previous marriage
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Oolooteka
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- John Jolly
- chief of the Cheeroke nation when the 1828 constitution was adopted
- friend and protector of Sam Houston
- gave Sam his name “the raven”
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Eliza Allen
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-married Sam Houston but was in love with another man and wouldn’t sleep with him
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Andrew Ponton
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- 19th century judge
- politician in Texas
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SFA
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- spent a year in jail in 1834 which breaks his health and causes him to become sick from there on
- leader of the 1832 & 1833 conventions
- shows up in Texas in 1835
- general of the army of the people
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Juan Davis Bradburn
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- from Kentucky
- colonel of the Mexican army
- proud Mexican even though he had an anglo name
- stern to law
- man who got William B Travis arrested
- caused the start of the Texas revolution in Anawok
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The Sandbar Fight
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- brawl featuring Jim Bowie
- got seriously injured but was the victor
- Samuel Cuny and Norris Wright were left dead
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Anahuac
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- led to secession
- anti taxation protests and petitions
- revolting against the central gov of Mexico
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Henry Smith
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-tortured and murdered publicly after being accused of the murder of a 3 year old
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David G Burnet
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- early politician in the republic of Texas
- 2nd vice president of the republic of Texas
- become president
- convention of 1836
- took custody of Santa Ana and negotiated The Treaty of Velasco
- hated Sam Houston
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TJ Rusk
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- early politician and military leader of the republic of Texas
- first secretary of war
- organized volunteers from Nac to form an independence movement and then joined SFA’s army
- left military before Bejar
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Lorenzo De Zavala
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- yorkino
- Mexican politician
- served under David G Burnet as VP of rep of tex
- was a peace commissioner who accompanied Santa Ana to Mexico City after the Treaty of Velasco to persuade the central authorities of Mexico to recognize Texas’ independence
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Lucas Alaman
- escoses, secretary for treasury who wanted to...
1. Keep the best of the Spanish gov and throw out the rest
2. Wanted to figure out what was going on in Texas
3. Wanted to stop immigration into Texas (Law of April 6th, 1830- shut down borders)
4. Wanted to clean up Mexico and shut down whore houses/gambling
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Soldaderas
- Women of the Mexican army who were nurses, cooks, and maids.
- Made up 1/3 of the army
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Juan Seguin
- teenager at the time of the revolution
- recruited and commanded troops for the Texas army
- made captain by SFA
- supplied troops with food
- spoke good Spanish so was chosen to carry the Alamo message across enemy lines
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Erasmo Seguin
- helped draft the constitution of 1824
- supplied the Texan army with beef, corn and and horses
- was forced to leave his town after the Mexican authorities questioned his loyalty to Mexico since Juan Seguin was his son
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Placido Benavides
-led a unit of Tejano fighters at the Battle of Goliad
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Jose Navaro
- supported Texas independence
| - original signer of the tex dec of ind
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The Battle of Bexar
Texan army defeated Mexican troops in San Antonio
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Battle of Gonzalez
Texan settlers gathered in Gonzalez to stop Mexican troops from reclaiming a small cannon
Started the Texas Revolution
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Battle of Alamo
- Pivotal event of the Texas Revolution
- all Texan defenders were killed
- Mexican victory
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Runaway Scrape
Settlers fled their home after hearing that Santa Ana was coming to capture Texas
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The Grass Fight
- Milem and Burelson take men that are willing to go to fight at San Antonio
- 3 1/2 to 4 day fight
- Mexico surrenders
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Gomez Farias
- serves as VP under Santa Ana
- yorkino
- tries to reform the army and church and take money from them
- Santa Ana doesn't agree with him
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Anastasio Bustamante
- President of Mexico 3 times
- conservative
- exiled to Europe 2 times
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Santa Ana
- best politician/general Mexico had
- did anything or took any side that would give him a good rank and benefit himself
- was good at reading the Mexican people
- rebel against gov and brought their credibility down
- ran away from the elites trying to arrest him and entered Mexico City after the gov falls and drove them out
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Convention of 1832
- All Anglos and one tejano attended
- said they're loyal to Mexico and Santa Ana
- wanted exemption from customs, control of custom officials, repeal of anti immigration laws, land title reform, and land for schools
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Convention of 1833
Sent in petitions by SFA, Dr. James Miller, and Erasmo Seguin
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Washington on the brazos
Where the Texas Declaration of Independence is signed on March 2nd 1836
Birthplace of Texas
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Mirabeau B. Lamar
- leading Texas politician
| - 2nd president of the republic
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March 2, 1836
Texas Dec of Ind is signed in Washington on the Brazos
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December 5-9, 1835
Battle of Bexar
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March 6th, 1836
Mexican army attacked the Alamo
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Palm Sunday 1836
Goliad massacre
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April 21 1836
Battle of San Jacinto
