MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Anson Jones
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Mirabeau Lamar
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Sam Houston
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Stephen F. Austin
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Detailed explanation-1: -Battle of San Jacinto, (April 21, 1836), defeat of a Mexican army of about 1, 200–1, 300 men under Antonio López de Santa Anna by about 900 men (mostly recent American arrivals in Texas) led by Gen. Sam Houston.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the Texas Revolution, a convention of American Texans meets at Washington-on-the-Brazos and declares the independence of Texas from Mexico. The delegates chose David Burnet as provisional president and confirmed Sam Houston as the commander in chief of all Texan forces.
Detailed explanation-3: -Houston was appointed commander in chief of the Texan army and helped negotiate a treaty with the Cherokee living in eastern Texas. Even as Mexican forces besieged the Alamo in March 1836, Houston attended the convention at Washington-on-the-Brazos that voted for Texan independence.