Lesson 12 Homework Homework 1: Read Texas: Tempting and Beautiful. Write the answers to the questions on notebook paper. 1. What caused the trouble in Texas that lead up to the battle with Santa Anna? 2. What does Alamo mean? (Check out the boxes on the side of the page.) 3. What did Sam Houston do when he was 15 years old? 4. What did he do when he came back to the white settlement? 5. Who was the first President of Texas? 6. In what year did Texas become one of the United States? Homework 2: Read Biographies of the Alamo. 1. Why did David Crockett come to Texas? 2. José Esparza and his family were in the Alamo during the battle with Santa Anna. His wife and children were allowed to leave after the Alamo was captured. What was the name of Esparza’s wife? (Look on the back of the sheet you got in class.) 3. What happened to Susanna Dickinson during the battle for the Alamo? 4. What did Juan Seguin do to help with the fight for Texas’ independence? 5. How did Juan Seguin serve Texas after it won its independence? 6. Watch the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH-xBsK9Ajc We will have this book when we go to the Alamo. Do you want to go to San Fernando Cathedral? What will you see there? Time Traveler US History Lesson 12 ©2020 Amy Brunsting Homework 3: Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR4XU-iqXY0 and watch the video about the Battle at San Jacinto: 1. What are the “Twin Sisters” that the Texian soldiers brought into battle? 2. What did the Texians shout as they were fighting the Mexican army? 3. How long did the Battle of San Jacinto take? 4. How many Texians died in this battle? 5. What happened to Santa Anna? Time Traveler US History Lesson 12 ©2020 Amy Brunsting .