1. What was the first thing Texas needed upon gaining independence? _______________________________________ 2. Sam Houston was e
lected the 1st President of the Republic of Texas – which two men did he defeat in that election? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Name 2 major issues Texas faced after winning independence. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What was the Texas Rangers’ main duty after the Revolution? ____________________________________________ 5. What is annexation? ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. What document stated that the President could not serve consecutive terms? ________________________________________________________________ 7. Which President of Texas opposed annexation? ________________________________________________________ 8. The Council House Fight included chiefs from which Native American group? ________________________________ 9. Who received the most land in TX through public land grants? ____________________________________________ 10. I was a blacksmith and interpreter for Sam Houston during the Revolution. Who am I? ________________________ 11. What were the 2 major cash crops in TX during this time? ________________________________________________ 12. What were built to meet the need for lumber to build homes and stores? ___________________________________ 13. What invention in the 1840s transformed communications? ______________________________________________ 14. Name 1 reason the Senate rejected the Annexation Treaty of 1844. _______________________________________ 15. What is Manifest Destiny? _________________________________________________________________________ 16. Why were the British opposed to annexation of Texas by the United States? _________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 17. Who was President of the U.S. when annexation of Texas was finally approved? ______________________________ 18. On December 29, __________ (year), the President signed the resolution that made Texas a state and Texas would become the ___________ state of the United States. 19. Why did Texas need a new constitution in 1845? ______________________________________________________ 20. Who was elected as the 1st governor of Texas? ________________________________________________________ 21. What did Polk tell Congress was the reason that the U.S. needed to declare war on Mexico? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 22. Which Mexican General resurfaced during this war, attacking U.S. troops? __________________________________ 23. Which treaty ended the war between the U.S. and Mexico in 1848? ________________________________________ 24. Mexico accepted that the _______________________________ River was the boundary between U.S. and Mexico. 25. Mexico surrendered all territory between western Texas and the Pacific Ocean. What was this area called? _______________________________________________________ Bonus: What did the U.S. (Texas) and Mexico not agree on that eventually led to the start of the war? __________________________________________________________________________________________________
In Columbus's time, everyone thought the Earth was flat, and if you went to the end of Earth you would fall off from Earth and die. But, they did bot know that the Earth was actually round.
The trustees were unable to establish self-government and gave up before the 21 year charter had expired. Freemen were given the right to vote (unless they were Roman Catholics) and the people elected an assembly. The governor was appointed by the king.
