- Famous American frontiersman who helped to defend the Alamo.
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General Cos
Sam Houston
Davy Crockett
Stephen Austin
- Led the Texan forces in a major victory over the Mexican army at the Battle of San Jacinto.
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Stephen Austin
Davy Crockett
Santa Anna
Sam Houston
- Texan village that was the site of the Battle of the Alamo.
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Rio Grande
Anahuac
Sabine River
San Antonio de Bexar
- Partly ruined mission church that was captured by Texan soldiers in 1835 and was used as a fort.
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Anahuac
St. Peter's
The Rio Grande
The Alamo
- Leader of a group of 300 American families who immigrated to Texas in 1821.
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Stephen Austin
Colonel William Travis
Sam Houston
Davy Crockett
- River that formed the boundary between the United States and Mexican Texas.
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Sabine River
Rio Grande
Anahuac
General Cos River
- Ruler of Mexico and commanding general of the Mexican army in Texas in 1836.
Your answer:
Stephen Austin
Santa Anna
Davy Crockett
General Cos
- Mexican army officer sent to destroy the state government of Coahuila-Texas in 1835.
Your answer:
Paul Neuman
General Cos
Santa Anna
Alfred E. Neuman
- Site of the first Texan victory in the Texan Revolution.
Your answer:
Mexico
San Antonio de Bexar
Rio Grande
Anahuac
- Texan who chared command of the Alamo with Jim Bowie.
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Stephen Austin
Colonel William Travis
Sam Houston
Davy Crockett
- During the mid-1830's, the Texans rebedlled against the government of Mexico because they wanted ...
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to party.
to conquer Mexico.
Mexico's leaders to outlaw slavery in Texas.
the return of their political rights, which had been taken away by Santa Anna.
- The Texan Revolution began in ...
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mid-1835
early 1834
late 1970
1833
- In late 1835, a Texan army led by Stephen Austin defeated the Mexican army at ...
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San Antonio de Bexar
the Texan town of Liberty
Mexico City
Itasca, Il.
- By December 1835, many Texans settlers believed that they had gained their independence from Mexico because of ...
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their nickle defense.
the entry of the United States Army into the Texan war with Mexico.
Santa Anna's offer to sign a peace treaty.
their early victories over the Mexican soldiers in Texas.
- The Texans did not hury to rebuild and to supply the Alamo because ...
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it was already in fantastic shape.
they felt that the Mexican army would not move back into Texas for many months.
Santa Anna no longer led the Mexican army.
the Alamo would soon be reinforced by a large body of Texan soldiers.
- Santa Anna firmly believed that the fall of the Alamo would ...
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eventually result in the defeat of the Mexican army.
end the revolution in Texas.
make Fess Parker famous.
bring the United States into the war.
- One of the survivors of the Battle of the Alamo was ...
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Jim Bowie
Jim Inni
Susannah Dickerson
Davy Crockett
- The Texan defenders believed that the Alamo had to be defended because ...
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it was small, in good condition, and easily defensible.
it was famous at the time.
it could easily be supplied.
it lay directly between the Mexican army and the major Texan towns.
- In early 1836, Jim Bowie arrived at the Alamo with orders to ...
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defend the fort to the last soldier.
turn it into an amusement park.
remove the Alamo's guns and to destroy the fort.
build a larger fort.
- The Texans in the Alamo answered the Mexican flag of "no quarter" by ...
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throwing dimes at the troops.
surrendering.
firing a shot from their largest cannon.
raising the flag of the United States.