HIST 2301 Ch 7
The Cherokee Indians in East Texas were a special problem for the new government because
All of the above.
Why had Stephen F. Austin lost much of his popular support in Texas?
All of the above.
Why was Sam Houston interested in getting rid of the Texas army?
All of the above.
What was the result of the Council House Fight?
All the above.
How were Mexican Texans treated during the period when Texas was a nation?
Anglos in Texas often believed that Mexican Texans had been traitors to Texas and this justified the taking of their land.
The United States was not interested in making Texas a state right after San Jacinto for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
Annexation of Texas would threaten treaties the United States had with England.
What happened to the "red notes" issued by President Lamar's government?
They declined in value to fifteen cents on the dollar.
The Trans-Nueces
all of the above.
Under the Homestead Act, the land policy of the Republic of Texas was
all of the above.
While England was willing to trade with Texas, it would not recognize the nation of Texas because
all of the above.
In response to the Comanche and Kiowa Indian raids against Texas settlers the new government of Texas
appointed a troop of 600 Rangers to fight the Indians.
During its years as an independent country, Texas
attracted ever increasing numbers of American settlers with free grants of land.
The Council House Fight started as a peaceful attempt to
get the Comanches to release kidnapped women and children.
The special election called for in September 1836 was intended to decide all the following EXCEPT:
how to compensate those Texans who had lost property during the revolution.
After San Jacinto, Mexico
refused to accept that Texas was independent of Mexico and threatened to subdue the rebellious Texans.
Texas tried to solve her money problems by all the following methods EXCEPT:
A tax on all land was passed by the legislature and it finally put the state "in the black."
Why were empresario grants resumed during the period of the Republic and then repealed?
Empresiarios were holding some of the best land and excluding settlers from thousands of square miles.
How did Houston solve the problems caused by his own army?
He offered free transportation to New Orleans or land to those who would accept a discharge.
The second president of Texas was Mirabeau Lamar. His programs included all of the following EXCEPT:
He urged Congress to donate lands to Indian tribes in order to create permanent reservations for them.
What happened to Santa Anna after the Battle of San Jacinto?
Houston sent Santa Anna to meet with Andrew Jackson who sent him on to Vera Cruz, Mexico.
The First Congress accomplished all the following EXCEPT:
It signed a peace agreement with the Mexican government.
Mexico did not recognize Texas Independence but could do little about it because
Mexico was weakened by her continuing revolutions and changes in government.
The overwhelming favorite candidate for the first constitutionally elected president to serve an independent Texas was
Sam Houston.
One of the terms of the final annexation agreement with the United States was
Texas could be divided into four additional states.
Why didn't President Houston seek re-election after his first term as president of Texas?
The Constitution did not allow him to succeed himself.
Who had the authority to write a constitution and call a special election in Texas after San Jacinto?
The ad interim government under President Burnet had the authority.
The Texas expedition to claim Santa Fe was
a miserable failure that led to the capture of the Texans by Mexican troops.
President Lamar believed the only way to control the Indians was to
enforce the rule that the Indians could live by the law, leave, or be exterminated.
Sam Houston's second term as president of Texas was marked by
extreme frugality where offices were abolished, salaries lowered, and an attempt was made to sell the Texas Navy.
In 1836 most Texans
favored immediate annexation by the United States.