Texas History

Fort Burrows

Chapter 6 Review with Answers

  1. patriot – a person who deeply loves his or her country
  2. minister - the position of the person who offered to buy Texas from Mexico
  3. garrison – built to house soldiers
  4. delegate - a person who is chosen to speak for a group of people
  5. civilian - a non-military woman or man
  6. self-government - the idea that people should rule themselves
  7. reform–improvements in the political system
  8. legislature - the part of government that makes the laws
  9. anglo - a person from the U.S. that is white and settled in Mexican Texas
  10. federal system - separate states, individually, form a national government
  11. constitution – a plan of government that describes the different parts of the government and their duties and their powers
  12. resolution – decision agreed to by a group of people
  13. central government - national government ( less power to the individual states )
  14. Why was Austin arrested in Mexico in 1834 ?In a letter, he told the Texans to

write a new constitution andto start a new government, before he got Mexican approval.

  1. What task was Austin given during the Convention of 1832?

Chosen as the leader of the delegates

  1. What were SFA demands at the Convention?

resume immigration from the U.S. and to become a separate MexicanState

  1. What task was Wharton given during the Convention of 1833?

Chosen to make several demands – let Texas be a separate state, remove ban against immigration, money for schools, better defense against Indians, better mail service, reform in the courts, the right to use English in business and law .

  1. Why did the government of Mexico put a tax on goods imported into Texas from the U.S.?to encourage Texans to buy goods from Mexico
  2. What did Mexico do about slavery?Made it illegal. When? 1829
  3. What was Joel Poinsett: What did he do with a million dollars?He offered to buy Texasfrom Mexicofor the United States.
  4. Identify General Martin Perfecto de Cos:

the Mexican commander sent by Santa Anna to break up the state government

  1. The last piece of work at the Convention of 1833 was to draft a state constitution for Texas. What newcomer to Texas was in charge of this?

Sam Houston

  1. Which Mexican political group did most Texans agree with?Federalists
  2. What wasthe first organized, written protest against the Mexican government?

the Turtle Bayou Resolutions

  1. What did Texans think of the Law of April 6, 1830?

they thought it broke the constitution of Mexico

  1. List 3 parts of the Law of April 6, 1830: Canceled most empresarios contracts,

ended immigration from the U.S., charged a tax on imports from the U.S.

  1. What did Mexican leaders do in response to the Fredonian rebellion? they sent patriot General Teran to explore and write a report on Texans’ attitudes
  2. What worried Mier y Teran about Texas?

American settlers in Texas became less and less ‘Mexican’

  1. What 3 groups were the centers of power in Mexico’s government?

soldiers, leaders of the revolution, and the Catholic Church

  1. Who seized the Mexican government in 1833?Santa Anna
  2. Juan Davis Bradburn was born in the ______. He was a captain in the army and a ______citizen. He destroyed ______, TX.

United States ---- Mexican ---- Liberty, TX

  1. In which meeting did people decide to send Austin to Mexico City?

Who did he meet with instead of Santa Anna ?Vice-President Farias

  1. The trouble at Anahuac was settled peacefully but, John Austin attacked a Mexican fort and fighting broke out. Which Fort on what river?

FortVelasco on the BrazosRiver.

  1. How were the Mexican tariffs (tax) on imported goods supposed to affect Texas?to make the cost of goods from U.S. cost more, so the settlers would buy more Mexican goods
  2. After Santa Anna changed from a Federalist to a Centralist dictator, Who said, “War is our only resource. We must defend our rights, ourselves, and our country by force of arms”? Stephen F Austin
  3. Who was the Texas Representative at the….

Conventionof 1832 ? Stephen Fuller Austin

Held in which TexasTown ? San Felipe

Convention of 1833 ? William H Wharton

37. During the Consultation of November 1835, Who was put in charge of the Texas ‘regular army’ ? Sam Houston

Write the date for each event

38. Christopher Columbus sails from Spain to the New World - 1492

39. End of the Spanish / Moor 800 year war / RECONQUISTA – 1492

40. Cortes conquers the Aztec Indians in South America - 1519

41. Spain has a map of the Texas coastline; thanks to de Pineda - 1519

42. de Vaca comes and explores Texas - 1528

43. Mexico becomes Independent from Spain - 1821

44. Mexican Constitution was written - 1824

45. Laws passed by the Mexican Government for Texians to follow – April 6, 1830

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