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TX Historyy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did general Cos surrender San Antonio in December of 1835? | Supplies ran out |
| States that border TX and direction they border? | Oklahoma-north New Mexico-west Louisiana-east Arkansas- north east |
| elavation of TX moving east to west? | up |
| precipitation of TX moving east to west? | down |
| What did the defeat at the alamo cause most texans to want to do | fight harder and get revenge |
| Deaf Smith? Vince Bridge? | Scout only escape route to san jacinto |
| Why was the capture of San Antonio in 1835 a great victory for TX | volunteer army defeated a professional one |
| Early victories in the revolution convinced texas of what? | That they could win |
| What is TX's largest city? | Houston |
| List rivers that border TX and direction? | Rio Grande-south Sabine-east Red- North |
| What direction do TX's rivers flow? | SE |
| 4 natural regions: landforms and climate | Coastal: mild climate, sea level North Central: grasslands, cold in winter hot in summer Great plains: flat and higher elevation in east, dry Mountains and Basins: mts. and dry |
| Tribes: | Gulf Coast: Karankawas and Coahuilitecans, they fished and hunted, they foraged b/c land was unsuitable for farming East TX: Caddoes and Wichitas, east TX, fished farmed and hunted |
| Tribes: conttt | Jumano, Conch, West TC, El paso to big ben, farmed Plains: Comanches, apaches, kiowas, north TX, nomadic-hunted buffalo |
| Why were the Plains Indians forced onto reservations? | Because of the destruction of buffalo |
| Why were horses well suited for plains? | Because they lived in herds and were swift |
| Comanche lived settled around 2 things? | hunting and war |
| Culture | How people live |
| 3 strengths of the alamo? | 12 ft walls 3 ft thick walls plenty of water |
| Wgt was Jim Bowie ordered at the Alamo | Decide if it should be destroyed |
| what was a weakness of the alamo | gap in wall and size of alamo |
| weekness of Mexican army? | poor equipment |
| Sun Dance | Part of kiowa culture |
| Conquistadors | Spanish explorer looking for wealth and land in the Americas |
| Friars | Person belonging to one of the religous brotherhoods. |
| Cibola | Cumi village believed to be the legendary cities of gold |
| Mexico City | capital of new spain |
| Louisianna | Claimes by france for lands that drained in miss. river |
| Pineda | 1st explorer to explore the TX coast |
| Why did the Spanish renew their efforts to settle TX in 1600s | to stop the french |
| where did great britain start colonies in the new world | Atlantic Coast |
| San Antonio de Velero | Became the Alamo |
| San Fransico de los Tejas | 1st mission in east TX |
| How did native americans react to the missions in east TX | they liked them |
| Treaty of Paris | ended the french and indian war |
| Spanish legacies: (3) | language, architecture, and culture and food |
| 1783- the western boundary of U.S. | Mississippi river |
| who did the U.S buy the Louisiana territory from? | France |
| San Felipe | Captial of Austin's colony |
| Old 300 | original settlers in Austin's colony |
| Brazos and Colorado River | Where Austin's colony was located |
| 3 qualifications for austins colony | -Become Mexican citizen -Become catholic -Have good moral character |
| 3 ways women contributed | -tended livestock and fields -help build homes -fought indians |
| Where did colonists get most of their goods | they bought them |
| Why did americans want to settle in TX | cheap land |
| why did austin want his colony by coast? | he needed a port |
| Most of Austin's colony were from where? | U.S |
| Why were colonists not bothered by the government being catholic | there were a few priests |
| Law ( decree) of 1830 | Stopped U.S immigration |
| What did Mier y Teran report about TX | Anglo influence was strong |
| Why did many texans support santa annas revolt in Mexico | he promised to support Constitution of 1824 |
| Santa anna agreed to repeal what law? | Law of 1830 (decree) |
| Texas had close economic ties to what country? | U.S |
| What did Austin tell Texans to do after he returned from prison in Mexico | Be prepared for war |
| 3 results of opening TX to American settlers | -trade expanded and the population grew -farms and plantations grew more -many people became prosperous |
| Gonzales- | - 1st battle of TX revolution |
| Terms of Treaties of Velasco | Private: Santa anna got Mex. recognition from TX, Tx would escort santa anna back to Mexico, established boundary Public: exchange all prisoners,neverfight Tx again,withdraw all mexican troops |
| What did houston do after learning the fall of alamo? | retreat |
| Why did houston put off facing santa anna | he knew he would not win |
| How many people were killed in san jacinto | 10: TX 630: mexicans |
| What was the reaction of the mexican army at san jacinto? | they ran. |
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