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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

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