Republic of Texas Project

Republic of Texas Presentation

*Project Due Date: Friday, February 17th

Republic of Texas Project Rubric

• All topics are covered. (25 pts.)
• Information is factual/accurate. (25 pts.)
• Explanations are written in your own words (NOT copied and pasted). (20 pts.)
• Images relate to and enhance the understanding of the topics presented.(20 pts.)
• Correct grammar is used - capitalization, spelling, and punctuation. (10 pts.)

Sam Houston's First Term (dates)
 - Title Slide with dates of the republic

- Relations with Mexico

- Annexation

        - Relations with Cherokees (Chief Bowles)

        - Texas Rangers (Jack Coffee Hays)

- public debt

- capital

- Cordova Rebellion

- William Goyens

Vocabulary: annexation, expenditures,revenue, tariff, 

Mirabeau B. Lamar's Term (dates)
 -Title slide with dates of the republic

 -capital

- policy toward Native Americans (Cherokees - Chief Bowles)

- Council House Fight 

- Mary Maverick

 -Santa Fe Expedition

 -Texas Navy (Edwin Ward Moore)

 -financial difficulties

-"Father of Education"

Vocabulary: cabinet, redbacks

Sam Houston's Second Term (dates)
 -Title slide with dates of the republic

-Archives War

-Black Bean Incident

-Regulator-Moderator War

-Jose Antonio Navarro

Vocabulary: archives, manifest destiny