Unit 6 People ID Pre-AP Texas History

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Unit 6 People ID – Pre-AP Texas History For each definition, identify the person being described. Please write the full names with correct capitalization. All names need to be spelled correctly too. Use your Unit 6 Guide, Notes, and Chapter 12 text to find the answers.

1. ______Won the U.S. Presidential election in 1844 by favoring annexation of Texas into the U.S.; Signed the resolution making Texas a state

2. ______Elected the first and third President of the Republic of Texas

3. ______Elected the first Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas

4. ______The last President of the Republic of Texas

5. ______U.S. President when Texas was recognized as a Republic

6. ______Cherokee leader killed by Texas army at the Battle of Neches

7. ______Sent by the U.S. government on a fact-finding mission to Texas. Recommended delaying recognition of Texas because of conflict with Mexico.

8. ______Texas ambassador that traveled to Great Britain and France to negotiate commercial (trade) treaties and obtain recognition as a Republic

9. ______Austin resident who was credited for starting the Archives War by firing a cannon at government officials

10. ______Elected the second President of Texas; known for improving education. Also increased public debt and believed the Cherokee had no fair claim to their land

11. ______Captured by the Comanche; was part of a captive trade that started the Council House Fight

12. ______Kidnapped from Parker’s Fort by the Comanches and Kiowas; eventually married a chief and bore a son who became famous for leading future Indian raids

13. ______Tejano leader and Lamar supporter chosen to lead the Santa Fe Expedition 14. ______Mexican leader that formed a rebellion of 400 united Mexican loyalists and Cherokee Indians near the Angelina River in 1838

15. ______U.S. President that asked Congress to reconsider annexation

16. ______Mexican General that occupied San Antonio in 1842; driven out of Texas by the militia and Texas Rangers

17. ______Texas historian that recorded her daily life in diaries and journals; established a large ranch with her husband near San Antonio

18. ______Free African-American that negotiated peace treaties with the Cherokee

19. ______Captain of the Texas Rangers during Houston and Lamar’s presidencies; served also a surveyor in the Texas Republic

20. ______Commodore of the Texas Navy dishonorably discharged by the Houston for aiding Mexican rebels in the Gulf of Mexico