I need all the answers its due soon and the quizlet was deleted 1. What was the first thing Texas needed upon gaining independence?
2. Sam Houston was elected the 1st President of the Republic of Texas – which two men did he defeat in that election?

3. Name 2 major issues Texas faced after winning independence.

4. What was the Texas Rangers’ main duty after the Revolution?
5. What is annexation?
6. What document stated that the President could not serve consecutive terms?

7. Which President of Texas opposed annexation?
8. The Council House Fight included chiefs from which Native American group?
9. Who received the most land in TX through public land grants?
10. I was a blacksmith and interpreter for Sam Houston during the Revolution. Who am I?
11. What were the 2 major cash crops in TX during this time?
12. What were built to meet the need for lumber to build homes and stores?
13. What invention in the 1840s transformed communications?
14. Name 1 reason the Senate rejected the Annexation Treaty of 1844.
15. What is Manifest Destiny?
16. Why were the British opposed to annexation of Texas by the United States?

17. Who was President of the U. S. when annexation of Texas was finally approved?
18. On December 29, (year), the President signed the resolution that made Texas a state and Texas would
become the state of the United States.
19. Why did Texas need a new constitution in 1845?
20. Who was elected as the 1st governor of Texas?
21. What did Polk tell Congress was the reason that the U. S. needed to declare war on Mexico?

22. Which Mexican General resurfaced during this war, attacking U. S. troops?
23. Which treaty ended the war between the U. S. and Mexico in 1848?
24. Mexico accepted that the River was the boundary between U. S. and Mexico.
25. Mexico surrendered all territory between western Texas and the Pacific Ocean. What was this area called?

Bonus: What did the U. S. (Texas) and Mexico not agree on that eventually led to the start of the war?