Which figure served as the President of Mexico during the Texas Revolution era?

• A. Sam Houston
• B. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
• C. Moses Austin
• D. Hendrick Arnold

Answer: (B)

During the Texas Revolution, the leader of Mexico who held the presidency was Antonio López de Santa Anna. He was the central figure in Mexican politics and led the Mexican army sent to subdue the Texan rebellion, even taking dictatorial powers to enforce Mexico’s authority in Texas. That makes him the best fit for who served as Mexico’s president during this era.

Sam Houston was a Texan military and political leader who fought for Texas’s independence and later became president of the Republic of Texas, not Mexico. Moses Austin began the settlement that would become Texas but died before independence. Hendrick Arnold was a Texian fighter, not a Mexican political leader.