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A military blockade of a city or fort is called a _____.

What is a siege?

Another name for temporary is ______.

What is provisional?

Having to do with a lawmaking body; Congressional

What is legislative?

Having to do with the chief officer of a government

What is executive?

Having to do with courts of law or the justice system

What is judicial?

The commander of the Mexican army at San Antonio

Who was General Cos?

Commanded Tejano volunteers in several battles; Alcade (mayor) of San Antonio; supported Texas independence from Mexico

Who is Juan Seguin?

Considered to be the author of the Texas Declaration of Independence A. Sam Houston B. David Burnet C. George Childress

Who is George Childress?

Led 300 volunteers in the siege of Bexar and died in the battle A. Ben Milam B. Sam Houston C. David Burnett

Who is Ben Milam?

Chosen as the ad interim president of the Republic of Texas until regular elections could take place. A. Stephen F. Austin B. Sam Houston C. David Burnett

Who was David Burnett?

Gonzales is known as the “Lexington of Texas.” Both battles began when A. soldiers lay siege to a city. B. soldiers attempted to take arms & ammunition away from settlers. C. soldiers arrested citizens for not paying customs duties.

B. soldiers attempted to take arms and ammunition away from the citizens.

Texans at ____ decorated their cannon with a flag that bore the words “Come and Take it.” A. Gonzales B. Goliad C. San Felipe

What is Gonzales?

According to the Consultation at San Felipe, what was the goal of the Texas Revolution? A. Restore the Constitution of B. Independence for Texas C. joining the United States

What is restoring the constitution of 1824

What did leaders of Texas do while the Battle of the Alamo was being fought? A. Launched an attack on the army of Cos. B. Raised and trained a larger army C. Let the Texas Army rest.

B. What is raised and trained a larger army.

The committee that crafted the Texas Constitution met at A. Washington-on-the-Brazos B. San Felipe C. Goliad

What is Washington-on-the-Brazos?

Texas Independence Day is celebrated on ___? A. March 2 B. June 14 C. November 11

What is March 14?

Under the Texas Constitution, a free African-American who wanted to live in Texas needed to petition the A. Texas Congress B. Texas Supreme Court C. Texas Dept. of Slavery

What is the Texas Congress

The Texas Constitution set up a temporary government made up of a governor, lieutenant governor, and representatives from each town. What made this government weak? A. Some members supported Santa Anna B. The Texas Army overthrew the government. C. The government and council disagreed on the goals of the war.

C.The government and council disagreed on the goals of the war.

Most of the men who drafted the Texas Constitution were a. Mexican. b. Native Texans. c. from the Northern United States. d. from the Southern United States.

d. from the Southern United States.

The Texas Declaration of Independence stated that Mexico had deprived the Texans of all the following rights except A. the right to petition the gov’t. B. the right to own slaves. C. freedom of religion. D. the right to have a jury trial.

B. The right to own slaves

Permanent officers of the new Texas government couldn’t be voted on by the citizens of Texas because A. they were elected by an ad interim (temporary) government. B. a census of Texas citizens needed to be taken first. C. Mexican troops were in Texas already.

C. Texas troops were in Texas already.

The Constitution of Texas was similar to that of the United States in that A. it contained a Bill of Rights. B. priests and ministers could not hold political office. C. the executive branch of government was the strongest.

A. It contained a Bill of Rights.

The Constitution of Texas was similar to that of Mexico in that A. slavery was forbidden. B. it provided strong measures to prosecute debtors. C. it provided for joint ownership of property between a man and wife.

C. It provided for joint ownership of property between a man and wife.

Where did the ad interim government go as Santa Anna’s army approached Washington-on- the-Brazos? A. Austin B. Harrisburg C. Louisiana

B. Harrisburg

Which of the following is not true about the Siege of Bexar? A. Ben Milam, the leader, was killed. B. The Mexicans were victorious. C. The Mexicans barricaded themselves inside the Alamo. D. The siege lasted four days.

B. The Mexicans were victorious.