History 1301

Scavenger Hunter Hist1301

Questions 34-49

34. Answer: General Jose de Urrea URL: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qdt01

35.  Answer: Columbia, now known as West Columbia, was used as the capital of the Republic of Texas for three months starting in October 1836. On December 15, 1836, Houston was ordered to be the capital and was used as the capital from April 19, 1837 until 1839. Washington-on-the-Brazos was ordered to be the capital in September of 1842 during the Archive War. URL: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/mzc01

36. Answer: General Santa Ana was found hiding in the grass wearing a soldier’s uniform after fleeing the scene of the Battle of San Jacinto. The only way the search party of James Sylvester, Washington Secrest, Sion Botstick, and a Mr. Cole recognized Santa Ana was by the way Mexican soldiers were calling him “el presidente.” URL: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qes04

37. Answer: About 730 Mexicans were taken prisoner while 630 were killed in the Battle of San Jacinto. Only about thirty were wounded and nine killed out of the 910 Texans in the battle. URL: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qes04

38. Answer: General Sam Houston was elected President of the Republic of Texas with 5,119 votes on September 5,1836. URL: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/mzr02

39. Answer: The boundary between Texas and Mexico that was agreed upon in the treat with Santa Ana was the “point of contention.” The treaty made that the Rio Grande border between Mexico and Texas. Mexican authorities insisted that the boundary was much farther north and that the treaty was not valid because the Mexican congress had never ratified it. URL: http://www.cr.nps.gov/seac/brownsville/english/

40. Answer: February 24, 1821, Mexico declared independence with the Plan de Iguala. Mexico did not gain independence until August 24, 1821. URL:...