Texas history for the grade 7 course: Native peoples, Spanish and Mexican Texas, the Texas Revolution, the Republic, annexation, Civil War, cattle and oil, and modern Texas.
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- What Native American group dominated the Texas plains in the 1700s and 1800s?
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The Comanche- Which Native American group built farming communities in East Texas?
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The Caddo- What coastal Native American group lived along the Texas coast?
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The Karankawa- What Native American group lived in the Texas borderlands near New Mexico?
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Apache- What skill made the Comanche the dominant warriors of the Texas plains?
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Expert horseback riding and buffalo hunting- What year did Spanish colonization of Texas begin?
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1690- What was the primary purpose of Spanish missions in Texas?
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To convert Native Americans to Christianity and establish Spanish control- Which city is the oldest continuously settled European settlement in Texas?
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San Antonio- What year did Mexico gain independence from Spain?
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1821- How did Mexico encourage settlement in Texas after independence?
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Offering cheap land to settlers called empresarios who received large land grants- In what year did the Battle of the Alamo occur?
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1836- Where did the Battle of the Alamo take place?
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San Antonio- Who led Texan forces to victory at the Battle of San Jacinto?
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Sam Houston- What year did Texas win independence from Mexico?
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1836- How long did the Republic of Texas exist as an independent nation?
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Nine years, from 1836 to 1845
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