USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Texas now needed a state ____ A group of men were selected to write this document. Jose Antonio Navarro was the only writer in the group that was born in Texas.
A
economy
B
constitution
C
army
D
navy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -José Antonio Navarro was one of the first signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, in early March, 1836, in Washington-on-the-Brazos. He later signed the Constitution of the Republic of Texas. In 1841, Navarro reluctantly participated in the ill-conceived Texan Santa Fe Expedition sent by President Mirabeau B.

Detailed explanation-2: -On the first day, Convention President Richard Ellis appointed a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence. George Childress, the committee chairman, is generally accepted as the author of the Texas Declaration of Independence, with little help from the other committee members.

Detailed explanation-3: -Navarro’s famous quote “I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son” is emblazoned on the walls of the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tejano leader José Antonio Navarro lived under five of the six flags of Texas. Born in 1795 to a prominent family in San Antonio, Navarro grew up along with his city. In the 1820s, he championed Stephen F. Austin’s colonization efforts.

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