1. People & Events Republic of Texas and Statehood
7.4A  identify individuals, events, and issues during the administrations of Republic of Texas Presidents Houston, Lamar, and Jones, including the Texas Navy, the Texas Rangers, Edwin W. Moore, Jack Coffee Hays, Chief Bowles, William Goyens, Mary Maverick, José Antonio Navarro, the Córdova Rebellion, the Council House Fight, the Santa Fe Expedition, public debt, and the roles of racial and ethnic groups;

2. Edwin M. Moore Commodore of the Texas Navy
Fluent in English and Spanish
Aided Yucatan rebels by blockading the Mexican coast
Dishonorably discharged by Houston and court-martial for treason

3. Jose Antonio Navarro Served as Bexar’s (San Antonio)
representative in Texas Congress
He tried to protect Tejano land claims and
other rights.
Supported Lamar, criticized Houston
Participated in the Santa Fe Expedition
Delegate to the Convention of 1845 and helped write the state constitution, served in Texas Senate

4. Mary Maverick Established a large ranch near San Antonio
She kept a daily journal and diary
Published about the time between Republic of Texas and the Civil War
First hand account of the House
Council Fight

5. William Goyens Free African American, successful business
Blacksmith, wagon manufacture, freight hauler, mill owner, landlord, farmer
Nacogdoches
Mixed race, spoke Spanish and several native Texas languages
Important negotiator for Texas with the Cherokees

6. Jack Coffee Hays Best known Texas Rangers
Surveyor of the Republic of Texas
Captain of a Texas Ranger company

7. Chief Bowles Leader of Cherokee group that arrived in 1820
Signed a land treaty with Houston during TX revolution
Treaty is revoked by the Republic
Lamar orders Bowles out of Texas
Bowles refuses, fight, Bowles killed
Cherokees forced into Oklahoma

8. Cordova Rebellion 1838
After Revolution, influx of Americans to Nacogdoches which was primarily Mexican
Mexicans, including Vincente Cordova, are still loyal to Mexico
Along with Native Americans organized 400 people.
Before anything happened, the rebellion was put down.
Impact – distrust of Mexicans and Native Americans, Lamar decides to remove Cherokees from Texas.

9. Council House Fight Lamar March 19, 1840
Group of Comanche leaders agree to meet in San Antonio to surrender all Anglo captives
One captive – was delivered
Texans angry, refused to let the Comanche leave
Comanche tried to leave and were attacked. They were unarmed and outnumbered
7 Texans died

10. Santa Fe Expedition June 1841
Lamar sent troops to claim the western boundary, including Santa Fe
Exhausted, they were captured and marched to Mexico City and imprisoned.
Expedition: failed and costly
Mexico begins raiding Texas again.