Unit 6A & 6B Test Review

Question 1

1836

Answer 1

Mostly everything happens, including the Texas Independence

Question 2

Sam Houston

Answer 2

Leader of battle of San Jacinto

Question 3

William B. Travis

Answer 3

Co - Commander at the Alamo

Question 4

James Bowie

Answer 4

Famous for his Bowie knife and was killed in his bed at the Alamo

Question 5

David Crockett

Answer 5

Legendary frontiersmen from Tennessee

Question 6

James Fannin

Answer 6

Coward, dumb person who could have kept marching with holes in his shoes and let his men change his mind

Question 7

Juan Seguin

Answer 7

Currier (person who delivers letters) in the Alamo, and fought in the battle of San Jacinto

Question 8

Santa Anna

Answer 8

President of Mexico

Question 9

George Childress

Answer 9

Wrote the Declaration of Independence for Texas

Question 10

Lorenzo De Zavala

Answer 10

Drafted the Declaration of Independence for Texas, and was the vice president of Texas

Question 11

Martin Perfecto De Cos

Answer 11

General Cos of Mexican Army, he was in battle of San Antonio, battle of the Alamo, and the battle of San Jacinto on the side of Mexico

Question 12

Battle of Gonzales

Answer 12

First battle of Texas Revolution, and Texan victory

Question 13

Come and Take It

Answer 13

It’s a flag, and they were saying “come and take it” to the Mexicans, led to the first battle of the Texas Revolution, it is a symbol of defiance

Question 14

Battle of San Antonio

Answer 14

Siege military blockade

Question 15

Convention of 1836

Answer 15

Texas declared independence from Mexico, David G. Barnet - interim president of Texas, Lorenzo De Zavala - vice president of Texas.

Question 16

Texas Declaration of Independence and Constitution

Answer 16

Modeled after U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence

Question 17

Battle of the Alamo

Answer 17

Mexican Victory, Travis, Davy, and Bowie died in this battle

Question 18

Travis’s Letter - “Victory or Death”

Answer 18

Inspired Texans to fight till death because Fannin, and Sam Houston still hadn’t arrived with reinforcements

Question 19

Battle of Coleto Creek

Answer 19

Another battle in Texas history, Texan Victory

Question 20

Goliad Massacre

Answer 20

Fannin surrenders, Santa Anna orders execution, about 340 dead

Question 21

Runaway Scrape

Answer 21

Fear of Santa Anna and his army left so fat dinner was still warm, not all casualities were on the battlefield

Question 22

Battle of San Jacinto

Answer 22

Last Battle, Texan victory

Question 23

Treaties of Velasco

Answer 23

Gave Texas it’s independence, was separated into two parts: the secret, and the private treaties

Question 24

Mexican Constitution of 1824

Answer 24

Mexican states held more power than the Mexican government, settlers had to become catholic, Texas and Coahuila became one state, and the Mexican government had/was separated into three branches of government

Question 25

Centralist

Answer 25

power centered/concentrated in the government

Question 26

Federalist

Answer 26

Power shared between the states and the government

Question 27

Fredonian Rebellion

Answer 27

It was led by Benjamin and Haden Edwards

Question 28

Haden Edwards

Answer 28

Led Friedanian Rebellion along with Benjamin Edwards, after Fredonian Rebellion: his land grants/empresario contracts were taken

Question 29

Mier Y Teran Report

Answer 29

Created the Law of April 6, 1830

Question 30

Law of April 6, 1830

Answer 30

Outlawed immigration from the U.S, outlawed slavery in Texas, suspended all incomplete land grants, Mexico’s government split into three branches

Question 31

Turtle Bayou Resolutions

Answer 31

Colonists declared loyalty to the Santa Anna, and the Constitution of 1824

Question 32

Conventions of 1832 & 1833

Answer 32

Colonists wanted to become a separate state of Mexico

Question 33

Austin’s Arrest

Answer 33

He got arrested for treason, jail for one year

Question 34

Stephen F. Austin

Answer 34

Empresario, got arrested for treason