TEXES History 233 Exam Questions And Answers

TEXES History 233 Exam Questions And Answers Battle of Gonzales - ANS First battle of the Texas Revolution; 10-2-1835 Battle at San Jacinto - ANS Last battle of Texas Revolution, won by the Texans; Stephen F Austin - ANS Established the first Anglo-American colony in Texas; believed issues could be solved within the Mexican Structure; Secretary of State of Texas 1830 Law - ANS Mexican official made it illegal for any more Americans to move into Texas Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca - ANS After attempting to go back to Cuba, he would land in Galveston, Texas and live in East Texas. José De Escandón - ANS First governor of Nuevo Santander and is known as the "Father of the Rio Grande Valley" Laredo - ANS Founded by Tomás Sanchez de la Barrera y Garza (with permission from José de Escandón) and was the largest/most successful Spanish settlement Francisco Hidalgo - ANS Was a missionary to the Caddo Indians; with his letters & help from Louis Juchereau de St. Denis established a permanent European occupation in Texas Texas Rangers - ANS Hired by Stephen F Austin for an expedition against the Indians and would later help during the Mexican War Buffalo Soldiers - ANS Name given to the 4 regiments, especially the 2 calvaries of African Americans, by the Plains Indians Quanah Parker - ANS Last chief of the Quahada Comanche Indians Sam Houston - ANS US Congressman and Tennessee governor; first president of Texas Hawaii - ANS Was led by a Hereditary Monarch; Queen wanted no outside influence but her people revolted and asked the US for help; became a state in 1959 World War I - ANS Sinking of Lusitania, German U-Boat aggression, Zimmerman Note Sparta - ANS Oligarchic military state; strict; farmed Athens - ANS Birth place of democracy Governments of Greece - ANS Assembly (citizens who showed up); courts (lawsuits & trials); council (daily running of government) Nile River - ANS In Egypt, life was centered around here; made a political system necessary Black Death - ANS Killed 1/3 of the population; ended feudalism; turned the people away from God Johannesburg Gutenberg - ANS Invented the printed press (1448) Leonardo da Vinci - ANS Founder of the "Renaissance Style" Martin Luther - ANS Started the Protestant Reformation in Germany Napoleon Bonaparte - ANS Commander of the French Army; conquered the Ottoman Empire; sold Louisiana for money for his war efforts Giza Pyramids - ANS After life temples for leaders; off of the West Bank of the Nile River Monotheism - ANS Belief in one God only Alexander the Great - ANS Greatest conquerors in history; spread the Greek culture in the east Egypt - ANS Hieroglyphics; invented paper, the decimal system, solar calendar; centered life around the Nile River