Primary Source Document: The Independence of Texas

  1. What 2 things had settlers from the Ohio Valley & the South carried into Ark & Missouri?
  2. What area was b/t those 2 states?
  3. How did Major Long describe this area?
  4. Where did these settlers look for land?
  5. What had the Spanish gov’t used Texas for?
  6. What guaranteed Spanish sovereignty over Texas?
  7. Who was one of the early American land-grantees?
  8. Who was his son?
  9. How many white Americans lived in Texas by 1835? How many slaves did they have?
  10. How many Mexican residents of Texas were there?
  11. What party did Stephen Austin lead?
  12. What group led the war party?
  13. What Mexican general nullified the concessions won by Austin?
  14. What 2 things happened on March 2, 1836?
  15. What did Santa Anna accomplish on March 6?
  16. Who became American folk heroes as a result of the Alamo?
  17. How did American newspapers describe the Mexicans?
  18. Why did hundreds of American volunteers flock to Texas?
  19. What happened at the Battle of San Jacinto?
  20. What did the Texans vote by plebiscite for?
  21. Which 2 US Presidents refused this?
  22. For what 2 reasons did they refuse?


PSD Independence of Texas

Key

  1. Yeoman farming and plantation slavery
  2. Great Plains
  3. “Almost wholly unfit for cultivation”
  4. The Mexican province of Texas
  5. Buffer zone against the French prior to the Louisiana Purchase
  6. The Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819
  7. Moses Austin
  8. Stephen F. Austin
  9. 27,000; 3,000
  10. 3,000
  11. Peace Party
  12. Recent immigrants from Georgia
  13. General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
  14. American rebels proclaimed the independence of Texas and adopted a constitution legalizing slavery
  15. He wiped out the rebel garrison at the Alamo
  16. Davy Crockett & Jim Bowie
  17. Tyrannical butchers in the service of the pope
  18. Offers of land grants
  19. Texas rebels routed the Mexicans
  20. Annexation of Texas by the US
  21. Jackson and Van Buren
  22. Adding Texas as a slave state would divide the Democratic Party and the nation and almost certainly lead to war with Mexico.


Primary Source Document: The Independence of Texas

1.  What 2 things had settlers from the Ohio Valley & the South carried into Ark & Missouri?

2.  What area was b/t those 2 states?

3.  How did Major Long describe this area?

4.  Where did these settlers look for land?

5.  What had the Spanish gov’t used Texas for?

6.  What guaranteed Spanish sovereignty over Texas?

7.  Who was one of the early American land-grantees?

8.  Who was his son?

9.  How many white Americans lived in Texas by 1835? How many slaves did they have?

10.  How many Mexican residents of Texas were there?

11.  What party did Stephen Austin lead?

12.  What group led the war party?

13.  What Mexican general nullified the concessions won by Austin?

14.  What 2 things happened on March 2, 1836?

15.  What did Santa Anna accomplish on March 6?

16.  Who became American folk heroes as a result of the Alamo?

17.  How did American newspapers describe the Mexicans?

18.  Why did hundreds of American volunteers flock to Texas?

19.  What happened at the Battle of San Jacinto?

20.  What did the Texans vote by plebiscite for?

21.  Which 2 US Presidents refused this?

22.  For what 2 reasons did they refuse?


Primary Source Document: The Independence of Texas

1.  What 2 things had settlers from the Ohio Valley & the South carried into Ark & Missouri?

2.  What area was b/t those 2 states?

3.  How did Major Long describe this area?

4.  Where did these settlers look for land?

5.  What had the Spanish gov’t used Texas for?

6.  What guaranteed Spanish sovereignty over Texas?

7.  Who was one of the early American land-grantees?

8.  Who was his son?

9.  How many white Americans lived in Texas by 1835? How many slaves did they have?

10.  How many Mexican residents of Texas were there?

11.  What party did Stephen Austin lead?

12.  What group led the war party?

13.  What Mexican general nullified the concessions won by Austin?

14.  What 2 things happened on March 2, 1836?

15.  What did Santa Anna accomplish on March 6?

16.  Who became American folk heroes as a result of the Alamo?

17.  How did American newspapers describe the Mexicans?

18.  Why did hundreds of American volunteers flock to Texas?

19.  What happened at the Battle of San Jacinto?

20.  What did the Texans vote by plebiscite for?

21.  Which 2 US Presidents refused this?

22.  For what 2 reasons did they refuse?


Primary Source Document: The Independence of Texas

1.  What 2 things had settlers from the Ohio Valley & the South carried into Ark & Missouri?

2.  What area was b/t those 2 states?

3.  How did Major Long describe this area?

4.  Where did these settlers look for land?

5.  What had the Spanish gov’t used Texas for?

6.  What guaranteed Spanish sovereignty over Texas?

7.  Who was one of the early American land-grantees?

8.  Who was his son?

9.  How many white Americans lived in Texas by 1835? How many slaves did they have?

10.  How many Mexican residents of Texas were there?

11.  What party did Stephen Austin lead?

12.  What group led the war party?

13.  What Mexican general nullified the concessions won by Austin?

14.  What 2 things happened on March 2, 1836?

15.  What did Santa Anna accomplish on March 6?

16.  Who became American folk heroes as a result of the Alamo?

17.  How did American newspapers describe the Mexicans?

18.  Why did hundreds of American volunteers flock to Texas?

19.  What happened at the Battle of San Jacinto?

20.  What did the Texans vote by plebiscite for?

21.  Which 2 US Presidents refused this?

22.  For what 2 reasons did they refuse?


Primary Source Document: The Independence of Texas

1.  What 2 things had settlers from the Ohio Valley & the South carried into Ark & Missouri?

2.  What area was b/t those 2 states?

3.  How did Major Long describe this area?

4.  Where did these settlers look for land?

5.  What had the Spanish gov’t used Texas for?

6.  What guaranteed Spanish sovereignty over Texas?

7.  Who was one of the early American land-grantees?

8.  Who was his son?

9.  How many white Americans lived in Texas by 1835? How many slaves did they have?

10.  How many Mexican residents of Texas were there?

11.  What party did Stephen Austin lead?

12.  What group led the war party?

13.  What Mexican general nullified the concessions won by Austin?

14.  What 2 things happened on March 2, 1836?

15.  What did Santa Anna accomplish on March 6?

16.  Who became American folk heroes as a result of the Alamo?

17.  How did American newspapers describe the Mexicans?

18.  Why did hundreds of American volunteers flock to Texas?

19.  What happened at the Battle of San Jacinto?

20.  What did the Texans vote by plebiscite for?

21.  Which 2 US Presidents refused this?

22.  For what 2 reasons did they refuse?