Ch. 4 - Texas Revolution
Which of the following was not a Texas victory during the Revolution?
*Correct: Coleto Creek; San Antonio; Gonzales; San Jacinto.
The delegates at the Texian Convention of 1836, which took place while the siege of the Alamo was underway:
Declared the independence of Texas from Mexico
Lorenzo de Zavala supported Santa Anna during the Texas Revolution
False
The Battle of Coleto Creek was a victory for the Texas rebel forces.
False
James Fannin commanded Texas rebels at the Alamo.
False- Gonzales and Alamo
Ben Milam
Led Texas forces at the Battle of San Antonio
___________________ was a Mexican general who was Santa Anna's brother-in-law and who surrendered to Texas rebel forces at San Antonio in December 1835.
Martín Perfecto de Cós
José Urrea was a ______________________ during the Texas Revolution.
Mexican General
José Urrea
Mexican commander at the Battle of Coleto Creek
Martín Perfecto de Cos
Mexican commander at the Battle of San Antonio
Domingo de Ugartechea
Mexican commander in San Antonio who order the retrieval of the Gonzales cannon
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Mexican commander who attacked the Alamo
The Goliad Massacre was:
Performed after the surrender of Colonel James Fannin's men at the Battle of Coleto Creek
James Bowie
Relinquished command at the Alamo to Travis
Which of the following is true about the Battle of San Jacinto?
Sam Houston's force was puny (less than a hundred men) by the time of the battle; *Correct: Santa Anna was captured the day after the battle; before the battle, Santa Anna was reinforced by the remainder of his huge army in Texas; most of Santa Anna's force at the battle consisted of wellrested, battlehardened veterans; though Sam Houston's men won the battle, Houston's forces suffered as many casualties as Santa Anna's
Why did fighting break out between Mexican troops and the citizens of Gonzales, Texas and their supporters in the fall of 1835?
The citizens were resisting efforts to take back a cannon that the Mexican army had loaned to them.
David Burnet was named the interim (temporary) president of the Republic of Texas during the Texas Revolution after independence was declared from Mexico.
True
El Camino Real was the main road linking San Antonio to Eastern Texas
True
More Texans died in the Goliad Massacre than at the Alamo
True
One of Santa Anna's biggest blunders was to split his forces in April 1836 after the fall of the Alamo.
True
The Battle of San Jacinto was fought near presentday Houston.
True
The Runaway Scrape refers to the flight of civilians out of Texas as Santa Anna's army entered Texas.
True
The end of the Texas Revolution came with the signing of the Treaties of Velasco.
True
Sam Houston
Victorious commander at the Battle of San Jacinto
Stephen Austin
Went to the U.S. to seek support for the Texas Revolution
_______________ was in command of the Alamo at the time it fell to Santa Anna's army.
William Barret Travis
Of the following individuals, who was not inside the Alamo when it fell to Santa Anna's army?
William Barret Travis; *Correct: James C. Neill; Susanna Dickinson; David Crockett; James Bowie.
