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Texas Independence and Mexican Cession Review

Match each term to the question it answers.

Questions:

  1. What nation owned Texas before Texas Independence?
  2. What man led the first 300 American families into Texas to settle there in 1821?
  3. From what nation did Mexico declare its independence?
  4. At what battle did Sam Houston lead the Texans to defeat Santa Ana and win Texas independence?
  5. By what nickname is Texas known?
  6. In what battle during the war of Texas Independence were Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett killed?

Terms:

  • The Alamo
  • Lone Star State
  • Mexico
  • San Jacinto
  • Spain
  • Stephen Austin

Answers:

  1. What nation owned Texas before Texas Independence?

    Answer: Mexico

  2. What man led the first 300 American families into Texas to settle there in 1821?

    Answer: Stephen Austin

  3. From what nation did Mexico declare its independence?

    Answer: Spain

  4. At what battle did Sam Houston lead the Texans to defeat Santa Ana and win Texas independence?

    Answer: San Jacinto

  5. By what nickname is Texas known?

    Answer: Lone Star State

  6. In what battle during the war of Texas Independence were Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett killed?

    Answer: The Alamo

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