Study Questions
1. What roles did Lorenzo de Zavala play in Mexico City and the state of Mexico during the early years of the Mexican republic? How did these activities gain him a reputation as a liberal reformer?
2. Why did Zavala become an exile in 1829? In 1835?
3. What features of Sam Houston’s early life made him a successful politician in Tennessee?
4. Why did Houston become an “exile” in 1829? Why was his relationship to the Cherokees important to him?
5. What information did Lorenzo de Zavala accumulate about slavery and discrimination in the United States? What evidence did he find of democracy at work?
6. Why did Zavala decide to immigrate to Texas? Why did Houston make the same decision?
7. In what ways did Anglo Texans act as loyal Mexicans on the eve of their revolution? Later for what reasons did they (a) complain about Mexican policies and (b) decide to declare independence?
8. What roles did Zavala and Houston play in the Texas Revolution?
1. What roles did Lorenzo de Zavala play in Mexico City and the state of Mexico during the early years of the Mexican republic? How did these activities gain him a reputation as a liberal reformer?
2. Why did Zavala become an exile in 1829? In 1835?
3. What features of Sam Houston’s early life made him a successful politician in Tennessee?
4. Why did Houston become an “exile” in 1829? Why was his relationship to the Cherokees important to him?
5. What information did Lorenzo de Zavala accumulate about slavery and discrimination in the United States? What evidence did he find of democracy at work?
6. Why did Zavala decide to immigrate to Texas? Why did Houston make the same decision?
7. In what ways did Anglo Texans act as loyal Mexicans on the eve of their revolution? Later for what reasons did they (a) complain about Mexican policies and (b) decide to declare independence?
8. What roles did Zavala and Houston play in the Texas Revolution?