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Chapter 11 Texas History Test Review
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Name _________________________
Who was sent by Sam Houston to the Alamo to evaluate the situation there in January of 1836?
James Bowie
Who was known as the “Angel” of Goliad?
Francita Alavez
Who served as the president of the convention known as the Consultation of 1835?
Branch T. Archer
Who was the Mexican commander whose troops the Texans defeated at Goliad?
General Cos
Who was the officer elected to replace Stephen F. Austin as commander of the Texas army outside
San Antonio?
Colonel Edward Burleson
Who was the Tejano from San Antonio who joined the Texas army?
Juan Seguin
Name the battle outside San Antonio where the Texans captured mules and supplies headed for the
city.
Grass Fight
Who was the governor of the provisional government of Texas?
Henry Smith
Texan who led the charge into San Antonio:
Ben Milam
By 1835 why were many Texans were upset?
Santa Anna wouldn’t follow the Constitution of 1824
What did the Declaration of November 7, 1835, warned Mexico about?
that if the Constitution of 1824 wasn’t restored, Texas would declare their
independence
Why did the Texans send Houston and Goyens to visit the Cherokee?
to negotiate a peace treaty with them
What did Santa Anna believe the significance was in taking the Alamo?
he had achieved total victory against the Texans
What was the Constitution of 1836 modeled after?
The U.S. Constitution
What did the flag the rebels at Gonzales flew say?
“Come and take it”
What did the Texans do after the Battle of Gonzales?
formed a volunteer army and decided to attack at Goliad
After victories at Gonzales, Goliad, and Concepción, where did Austin begin a siege?
San Antonio
Why was Stephen F. Austin removed from command of the Texas volunteers?
He was appointed commissioner to the U.S.
After the fight at San Antonio, what did General Cos do?
Surrendered and led his troops out of Texas
After the fight at San Antonio, what did nearly all Texans think Santa Anna would do?
Let them form a separate state under the Constitution of 1824
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In the Declaration of November 7, 1835, what did delegates to the Consultation declare?
They were loyal to Mexico
Why did the Consultation send three representatives to the United States?
Seek volunteers and raise money
Why did the Consultation authorize the creation of a Texas navy?
to protect Texas settlements and attack Mexican ships and towns
Why did Sam Houston send James Bowie to San Antonio?
to destroy the Alamo and remove its cannons
The Convention of 1836 electing an ad interim government, meant this government was what?
a temporary government
What did the Convention of 1836 draft a document declaring?
Texas was an independent country
What was the new Texas constitution modeled after?
the U.S. Constitution
Who was the first president of independent Texas?
David G. Burnett
Following Santa Anna’s capture of the Alamo, Texans fled to the east in the panic known as what?
Runaway Scrape
When Fannin received Sam Houston’s order to retreat from Goliad to Victoria, what did he do?
waited several days before setting out
Francita Alavez, who was traveling with the Mexican army, helped a few Texans escape the
Goliad Massacre, causing her to be known as what?
the angel of Goliad
What did Houston and his army do after receiving news of the fall of the Alamo?
began a retreat to East Texas that would last for weeks
How did Houston spend much of the time before the Battle of San Jacinto?
building his army and training them for battle
At the Battle of San Jacinto, in the afternoon of April 21, 1836, what happened?
Texans attacked a larger Mexican force and defeated them in 18 minutes
Be able to answer a question from a quote by Jim Bowie
Possible Essays:
What was Sam Houston’s strategy following the loss of the Alamo?
Many Texans were eager to attack Santa Anna’s army as soon as possible after the loss of the
Alamo and its men and the massacre at Goliad. But Houston knew that his army was too
small, too untrained, and too poorly supplied to defeat the Mexican force. So he undertook a
strategy of preparing his forces while retreating. He pulled back to a position north of San
Felipe de Austin, then trained his growing army while receiving supplies, including cannons
from the United States. He went on to win a tremendous victory when he attacked Santa
Anna at San Jacinto.
What were the differences between the pro-war delegates and the peace delegates to the Consultation?
Some Texans were ready to go to war with Mexico at once for the independence of Texas.
Others, some of them fearing the loss of Tejano support, preferred to demand that Santa
Anna return to the Constitution of 1824, allowing Texas to remain part of Mexico, and to
solve their differences short of war. The declaration the Consultation issued was a
compromise document.
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