Question

the runaway scrape ended when the texas army defeated and captured president santa anna at the battle of san jacinto. by this time, most texans had decided that texas should be its own country, independent from mexico. several factors led to this widespread support for independence. match each factor to how it helped build support for independence.
people did not want the texan soldiers deaths to have been for nothing.
most anglo settlers in texas supported slavery and wanted to protect the practice.
the people who declared independence had not developed any loyalty to mexico.
factor reason for supporting independence
some texans believed that the mexican army was going to end slavery.
most of the politicians who declared independence had only recently arrived in texas from the united states.
the mexican army killed hundreds of texan soldiers at the alamo. some of these soldiers had surrendered.

Explanation:

1. For the factor about fearing the Mexican army would end slavery, the matching reason is the desire of Anglo settlers to protect slavery.
2. For the factor about politicians newly arriving from the US, the matching reason is their lack of loyalty to Mexico.
3. For the factor about the Alamo deaths, the matching reason is not wanting those deaths to be meaningless.

Answer:

• Some Texans believed that the Mexican army was going to end slavery. → Most Anglo settlers in Texas supported slavery and wanted to protect the practice.
• Most of the politicians who declared independence had only recently arrived in Texas from the United States. → The people who declared independence had not developed any loyalty to Mexico.
• The Mexican army killed hundreds of Texan soldiers at the Alamo. Some of these soldiers had surrendered. → People did not want the Texan soldiers' deaths to have been for nothing.