TX TOPIC 06 Review
fate of Fisher's force
captured at Mier by MX General Pedro de Ampudia, 176 imprisoned for life by Santa Anna in MX City, 17 executed based on black / white beans; survivors related in 1844
comparing Houston and Lamar
clothes, government spending, relations with MX, relations with Native Americans, expanding TX, annexation
issue that caused a delay in the annexation of the ROT
slavery
the ROT population by 1845
100,000 (grew from 34,500 in 1836)
result of this expedition
270 men traveled 1,300 miles before capture and imprisonment at Perote by MX authorities
US congress approved the joint resolution to accept TX as the ___ (number) state on February 25, 1845
28th (Tyler was still President until March 4, 1845)
death toll from the Council House Fight
7 Texans and many Comanche leaders killed
won the 1841 election for ROT President
Sam Houston with Edward Burleson as VP
the first Sec. of State
Stephen F. Austin
nickname Lamar earned for supporting education in TX
"Father of Education in Texas"
nickname for Lamar's new ROT currency
"redbacks"
nickname for ROT money
"star money"
Houston tried to replaced Huston with
Albert Sidney Johnston
the woman who warned the archives were being stolen (Archives War)
Angelina Eberly
where ad interim President David Burnet chose as the first capital city
Columbia
a second Indian tribe targeted by President Lamar
Comanches
Cherokee Chief targeted by President Lamar
Chief Bowles
when did the U.S. Congress approve the treaty
December 29, 1845
won the 1844 election for ROT President
Dr. Anson Jones defeated Houston's VP Edward Burleson
Commander of the ROT Navy
Edwin Moore
ROT navy commander ordered to returned from helping rebels fight MX in the Yucatan
Edwin Moore
when did ROT President Anson announce the annexation of TX
Feb. 19, 1846—ROT is no more...
commander of the TX Army
Felix Huston
who President Houston sent to pursue General Woll
General Alexander Somervell
sent by President Lamar (without the ROT's Congress approval) on an expedition to claim Santa Fe and Pueblo in New Mexico for the ROT
General Hugh McLeod
two MX generals who temporarily took over San Antonio in March and September 1842
General Rafael Vasquez and General Adrian Woll
the two East Texas counties involved in the Regulator-Moderator War
Harrison and Shelby
the first Sec. of Treasury
Henry Smith
two diplomats President Houston sent to Washington D.C. to request annexation
Isaac Van Zandt and J. Pinckney
won the 1844 election for US President
James K. Polk
the U.S. Sec. of State who worked for TX annexation
John C. Calhoun—accepted an annexation treaty with the ROT in April 1844, but U.S. Senate rejected it by 1 vote
Congressman who blocked the bill to annex TX
John Q. Adams
the new U.S. President after the death of Whig President William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
the founders of Houston, TX
John and Augustus Allen
two towns raided by the Comanche in retaliation
Linnville and Victoria
tortured child involved in the Council House Fight
Matilda Lockhart
won the 1838 election for ROT President
Mirabeau Lamar
battle between General Kelsey Douglass and Chief Bowles
Neches River, July 16, 1839
the first ROT President
Sam Houston
when did TX voters accept / ratify this document
October 1845
the two Houston supported candidates that died before the election
Peter Grayson and James Coillingsworth
battle fought in August 1840 between Texans Felix Huston, Edward Burleson, and Ben McCullough against the Comanches
Plum Creek
the first Sec. of War
Thomas R. Rusk
President Houston's temporary capital
Washington-on-the-Brazos
President Lamar's new choice for ROT capital city
Waterloo / Austin
Texan who illegally led ROT forces into MX
William S. Fisher—called the Mier Expedition
the 3 Texan working in Washington D.C. for Congress to annex the ROT
William Wharton, Memucan Hunt, and Anson Jones
the famous ranch that the IL contractor received for building the pink marble capitol
XIT
fate of Commander Moore when he refused to obey President Houston's orders
declared a pirate to allow other countries to sink his ships (this caused Moore to return home and request a court-martial from Houston instead
President Lamar's land policy for every TX family and for every newcomer family to the ROT
every Anglo ROT family got a league and labor of land; every newcomer Anglo family got 640 acres plus 320 acres more for 3 months of ROT military service
the key problem facing Cherokee near Nacogdoches
land titles
President Houston's 3 goals
prevent war with MX, spend less money, and US annexation
the 5 problems the ROT initially faced
recognition by MX, finances, American immigrants, capital, annexation
how Austin's new capitol building (not built until 1880s) was funded
selling 3 million acres in the Pan Handle to fund it
where President Sam Houston moved the capital city
to Houston
