Texas History: Test 5 Review The Fighting Continues 1. What is a skirmish? 2. List the mistakes Colonel Fannin made just prior to the Battle of Coleto. 3. What happened at the Battle of Coleto? 4. What was the Goliad Massacre? 5. What was the Runaway Scrape? 6. What happened to Santa Anna after the Battle of San Jacinto? 7. Why is the Battle of San Jacinto significant? 8. Why did Sam Houston continue to retreat when his men wanted to turn and fight Santa Anna? 9. What happened to Sam Houston DURING the Battle of San Jacinto? 10. What time did the Texan army attack the Mexican forces at San Jacinto? Documents of Independence 11. Where was the Convention of 1836 held? 12. What happened at the Convention of 1836? 13. Who wrote the Texas Declaration of Independence? 14. What day is Texas Independence Day? 15. What was the name of the treaty Santa Anna signed after the Battle of San Jacinto? 16. The public part of this treaty said what three things were to happen? 17. The secret part of this treaty said what two things were to happen? 18. Why was part of this treaty secret? 19. Who was the first elected president of the Republic of Texas? Sam Houston’s First Term 20. Who was the Secretary of State in Sam Houston’s cabinet? 21. Where did Sam Houston locate his capital? 22. List the major problems the Republic of Texas faced. (several things) 23. How did Sam Houston want to fix these problems?(one thing) 24. Why didn’t some Americans want to annex Texas?.