Chapter 12 Review

The Republic of Texas

Where was the site designated as the capital of Texas for 3 years by the Congress

of 1836?

H-Town(Houston)

Where was the capital of Texas

moved to in 1839?

Austin

Manifest Destiny

expressed what belief?

the U.S. was destined to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast.

After the Texas Revolution,

what body of water did Texas

claim as its border with

Mexico?

Rio Grande

What town was the trading

center of the Upper Rio

Grande that Texas wished to

control?

Santa Fe,New Mexico

Who is known as the

“Father of Texas”?

Stephen F. Austin

Who is known as the “Father of Education in

Texas”?

Mirabeau B. Lamar

Who was the first President of the Republic

of Texas?

Sam Houston

Who was Cynthia Ann Parker?

•kidnapped from Parker’s fort by Comanches and Kiowas

•raised as a Comanche

•Married a Comanche chief

Who was the last President of the Republic of

Texas?

Anson Jones

Which city, established by the Allen brothers in

1836, was the capital of Texas

during Sam Houston’s first term as

President?

                         

Augustus Allen

Houston, Houston, TexasTexas

                                                        

According to the joint resolution that annexed

Texas, what can Texas do if it gets

approval from Texas and the United States?

Texas can be divided into as many as 5 different states.

Why did President

Houston not run for a 2nd

consecutive term as

president?

The Constitution of 1836 stated that the President could NOT serve consecutive

terms.

NO !

Name 2 reasons for the delaying

of Texas annexation.

•Texas would be a slave state, upsetting the balance of power in the U.S. Congress.

•It might cause a war with Mexico.

What did Lamar Lamar believe about the Cherokees who settled in

northeast Texas?

They had no fair claim to the Texas lands they occupied.

What did President Lamar

do about President Houston’s

policies toward Native

Americans?

He reversed them and ordered the

removal of Cherokees from Texas.

What was the result of the

Archives War?

The Archives and the capital

remained in Austin.

Name 4 results of the

Santa Fe Expedition.

•Resulted in the loss of many lives.

•Members of the expedition were captured & imprisoned in Mexico.

•Failed to take control of Santa Fe.

•Made Mexico very angry.

¡Caramba!

Describe how Presidents

Houston and Lamar tried to

solve the problem of

unrest among Native

Americans.

Houston tried to improve relations

between Texans and Cherokees.

Lamar reversed Houston’s policy and

ordered the removal of Cherokees

from Texas.

List the provisions of the 1845 joint

resolution.

•Texas became the 28th state in the U.S.

•Texas could bypass becoming a territory and immediately become a state.

•Texas could keep its public lands, but could sell some to pay its debts.

             

Which 2 Presidents of

Texas supported

annexation of Texas to the

United States?

Sam Houstonand

Anson Jones

Which President of Texas tried to

establish peaceful

relations with Native

Americans?

Sam Houston

Peace out.

Name the 3 elected

Presidents of the Republic of

Texas.

•Sam Houston

•Mirabeau Lamar

•Anson Jones

Name 3 reasons the U.S. was

slow to annex Texas

•Texas had slavery.

•Fear of war with Mexico.

•Texas had a large public debt.

Name 3 problems faced by the Republic

of Texas

•Conflicts with Mexico•Conflicts with Native Americans

•Huge public debt

What happened in the Council House Fight?

*Comanches only brought back one of their captives – Matilda Lockhart – who had been severely tortured.

*Texans captured the Comanche leaders, and a fight broke out in which some Texans and many Comanches were killed.

Who was the President of

Texas when it was annexed by the United

States?

Anson Jones

Who was the first governor of the state of

Texas?

J. Pinckney Henderson

Texas became the ___ state

when it joined the U.S.

28th