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Chapter 11
Independence Won
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History
7th Grade
12/07/2009

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Santa Anna ordered his troops in Texas to ....
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burn every town and settlement.
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Houston told Fannin to do all of the follwoing...
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retreat from Goliad, join forces with him, blow up the garrison at Goliad.
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Who commanded the rear guard during Houston's retreat toward the Colorado River?
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Juan Seguin
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David G. Burnet's letter urged Houston to ...
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attack Santa Anna.
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Hendrick Arnold's report informed Houston about...
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the whereabouts of Santa Anna.
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Houston showed he meant to fight when he ordered his troops toward...
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Harrisburg.
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Houston was concerned that Seguin and and his company might be shot by mistake because they were...
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Tejanos.
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Houston's troops defeated Santa Anna's easily because the Mexicans...
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did not expect an attack.
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In the secret Treaty, the Texas government pledged to Santa Anna that it would...
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escort him back to Mexico.
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Houston's troops mistakenly believed his reason fro moving east was to ...
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receive aid from General Gaines of the United States.
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The Texas cavalry's mission at the battle of San Jacinto was to ...
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prevent Mexican soldiers from escaping.
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The president of Texas during the revolution was ....
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David G. Burnet.
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Santa Anna made all of these errors at San Jacinto...
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returning to his tent to rest, not posting enough guards and allowing the troops to eat and rest.
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The important role played by the Texas Navy in the revolution's last days was to ....
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cut off supplies to the Mexican army.
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After the battle of San Jacinto, angry Texas army officers demanded that....
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Santa Anna be executed.
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The battle of San Jacinto was an important event in Texas history because...
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Texas won its independence.
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At San Jacinto, Santa Anna believed Houston's troops would...
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fight only on the defensive.
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At Groce's Plantation, Houston's army...
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drilled and marched.
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After distinguishing himself in a skirmish on April 20, Lamar was...
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placed in command of the entire Texas cavalry.
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Following the battle of San Jacinto, the Texas capital was moved to ...
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Velasco.
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The army scout who destroyed the bridge at Vince's Bayou was...
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Erastus "Deaf" Smith.
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Who was the vice president of Texas during the revolution?
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Lorenzo de Zavala.
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Who was the commander of the Tejano company in Houston's army?
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Juan Seguin.
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Commander of the mexican armies?
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General Vicente Filisola.
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African American scout who spied on Santa Anna by posing as a runaway slave?
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Hendrick Arnold.
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