Unit 4 Study Guide: The Texas Revolution

Vocabulary flashcards covering the key figures, battles, documents, and political concepts of the Texas Revolution based on the Unit 4 Study Guide.

Hayden Edwards

The empresario who was responsible for the Fredonian Rebellion.

Law of April 6, 1830

Mexican legislation created to limit American influence in Texas that indefinitely suspended uncompleted empresario contracts.

Turtle Bayou Resolutions

A document whose authors declared their devotion to correctly interpreting and enforcing the Mexican Constitution of 1824.

Disturbances in Anahuac

Events sparked by Colonel Juan Bradburn enforcing the Law of April 6, 1830, and arresting William B. Travis.

Fredonian Rebellion

An early conflict leading toward the Texas Revolution that demonstrated to the Mexican government it had problems with empresarios and Anglo-American immigrants.

Mier y Terán Report

A report that, along with the Fredonian Rebellion, served as a key event helping lead to the Texas Revolution.

Federalism

A system of government where power is shared between the state and the federal government.

Centralism

A system where all government power is condensed into a central government and states have zero power to govern themselves.

Washington-on-the-Brazos

The site where the Convention of 1836 was held and the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed.

George Childress

The author who wrote the Texas Declaration of Independence.

Stephen F. Austin

Texan leader arrested for treason in Saltillo, Coahuila, in 1834.

James Fannin

The leader of the Texas soldiers at Goliad in 1836 who was executed by firing squad along with his men.

Lorenzo de Zavala

Former Mexican official who resigned in favor of the Texas cause, signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, and became the first vice president of Texas.

Travis Letter

A wartime appeal written by William B. Travis with the main point of requesting more troops to be sent immediately.

Battle of Gonzales

An early confrontation that signaled from the Mexican perspective that Mexico was officially at war with Texas.

"Come and Take It"

The phrase written on a tattered wedding dress flown as a flag atop Gonzales when the Mexican army arrived.

Battle of the Alamo

A major Mexican military attack intended to display power over Texas and try to end the war, resulting in Texas losses that led Sam Houston to retreat and train his army.

Battle of San Jacinto

The final battle of the Texas Revolution fought near Galveston Bay, where Texas secured independence and captured Antonio López de Santa Anna.

Texas Constitutional Convention of 1836

A meeting whose purpose was to officially separate Texas as an independent country and establish temporary law and order.

Public Treaty of Velasco

A treaty requiring Santa Anna to stop fighting in Texas, compelling Mexico to return seized property, and acknowledging Texas as independent from Mexico.

Private Treaty of Velasco

An agreement requiring Santa Anna to help Mexico recognize Texas as an independent country in exchange for not being executed after his capture.