____ was the commander of the Texan Army.

1. ____ was the commander of the Texan Army. • Houston knew that the farther he retreated he might get help from ____. • The people that lived between the Brazos and Colorado Rivers were scared of the Mexican army so they decided to ___. • People were afraid that Santa Anna would kill them too just like he killed all of Fannin’smen and everyone at the ____. • The movement of people from between the Colorado and Brazos Rivers was called the ____. • People took everything that they had. • As Houston was retreating two companies of men decided they did not want to ____. • Houston spent two weeks training his army. • It was very rainy when Houston trained his troops and they complained quite a bit. • Many people wanted to _____ Houston because of his treatment of the troops and the training he made them do. • ____ was an African American scout that went in and out of Santa Anna’s camps and let the Texans know of their movements. • He posed as a runaway slave.

2. The Texans were all holed up at Buffalo Bayou and knew that the Mexican Army was nearby and moving to the San Jacinto River. • Texan troops camped in a grove of oak trees in the Bayou. • A Bayou is like a_____. • The Mexicans were as close as ¾ of a mile away. • Santa Anna was on the edge of a prairie and a swamp for his camp. • Many of his officers complained that it was a tough area to_____. • Santa Anna did not care how difficult it was to defend because he thought that the Texans would not____. • On April 20th 1836, Texan cavalry had a small skirmish with Mexican troops. • _____ was the man that was in charge of the Texan cavalry. • There was only one company in Houston’s army that was made up of native Texans. • The native Texans were in charge of guarding the Texan camp. • The native Texans all spoke ___. • They wanted to fight not guard because they wanted to ___ for their land.

3. 171 men in Houston’s army owned land. • The rest came from ____. • There were people from France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Poland, and Germany. • Santa Anna only had about 850 troops with him. • General ___ joined Santa Anna with a little more than 500. • Most of General Cos’s troops were ____. • Cos’ troops were very tired because they had been marching all day to Santa Anna. • ____ was ordered to destroy the bridge across Vince’s bayou. • The reason they blew up the bridge was to __________ • At noon on the 21st of April Houston called a council of ___. • Houston ordered an attack. • Burleson, Sherman, Millard, and Hockley all had troops in the attack. • The cavalry was led by Mirabeau Lamar. • Lamar was to stop the Mexicans from ____.

4. As the Texans moved across the open prairie the Mexican camp was all quiet. • Most of Santa Anna’s soldiers were _____ and _____. • The Texans were right on the Mexican camp before they even knew that they were there. • As the Texans attacked they screamed _____ and _____. • The Mexicans were very ___ because of the surprise attack. • Those Mexican troops that fled across the prairie were cut down by the Texan ____. • The Mexicans fought for only ___ minutes but the killing of the Mexicans lasted all night long.

5. Those Mexicans that fled in to the swamps were cut down. • The battle where the Texans beat the Mexicans at Buffalo Bayou on the San Jacinto River was called the battle of ___. • Fewer than ___ Texans were killed in the battle. • In the fighting General Houston had his ___ shattered. • A total of ____ Mexicans died in the Battle of San Jacinto. • ____ were captured. • Santa Anna had escaped capture but was found huddled like a baby in the ____ surrounding the Bayou. • The Texans did not notice that it was Santa Anna because he was dressed like ____. • The only way that the Texans found out that it was Santa Anna was because ____. • Santa Anna was taken to Houston who was resting under a ___ and Santa Anna ___. • The ___ won and would soon become their own ____.