Republic of Texas
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- Q 1/10Score 0Who was the first and third president of Texas?29Stephen F. AustinSam HoustonMirabeau LamarAnson Jones
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- Q1Who was the first and third president of Texas?Stephen F. AustinSam HoustonMirabeau LamarAnson Jones300s
- Q2He tried to limit the amount of money that Texas was spending, and he also asked congress to approve 600,000 dollars worth of promissory notes.Mirabeau LamarSam HoustonStephen F. AustinAnson Jones300s
- Q3During Sam Houston's first term as president, the Capital of the Republic of Texas was moved from Columbia to what newly built city?AustinGalvestonHoustonDallas300s
- Q4He is known as the "Father of Education" in Texas. He also believed that Texas should not try to be annexed into the USA.Anson JonesSam HoustonStephen F. AustinMirabeau Lamar300s
- Q5Why did the first attempt by Texas to join the USA fail?Texans did not want to join the USA.It would have been too expensive.Texas would have entered the Union as a slave state, and the United states did not want to upset the balance between slave and non slave states.Mexico threatened to attack the USA if they annexed Texas.300s
- Q6In 1839 Congress authorized a new location for the capital. It was located along the Colorado River near a small community named Waterloo. Who moved the capital to this site, which was named Austin in honor of Stephen F. Austin?Sam HoustonMirabeau LamarStephen F. AustinAnson Jones300s
- Q7He was in favor of moving the Native Texans off of their land.Stephen F. AustinStephen F. AustinMirabeau LamarAnson Jones300s
- Q8He wanted to Honor the deal with the Native Americans, and encouraged everyone to live peacefully together with the Native Americans.Mirabeau LamarSam HoustonAnson JonesStephen F. Austin300s
- Q9He wanted to ease the Tensions between Texas and Mexico and attempt to negotiate a peace treaty between the two countries.Mirabeau LamarAnson JonesSam HoustonStephen F. Austin300s
- Q10He was not afraid to increase tensions with Mexico in an attempt to grow Texas.Mirabeau LamarSam HoustonStephen F. AustinAnson Jones300s
