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Indepencia de Tejas



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Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
Tejano
d.
Stephen F. Austin
b.
empresario
e.
Santa Anna
c.
Davy Crockett
 

 1. 

Mexican dictator during Texas War for Independence
 

 2. 

leader of Texas independence movement
 

 3. 

a Mexican who claimed Texas as his or her home
 

 4. 

person who recruited Texas settlers
 

 5. 

former congressman who died at the Alamo
 

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 6. 

In 1830, Mexico issued a decree in an effort to stop what?
 

 7. 

Name three of the Texan leaders who died defending the Alamo.
 

 8. 

Who was named commander in chief of Texas forces by the new national government of Texas?
 

 9. 

What battle in the Texas War for Independence forced Santa Anna to surrender?
 

 10. 

Why did President Andrew Jackson refuse to annex Texas?
 



 
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