MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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the unpaid labor of enslaved workers
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the construction of railroads to transport products
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the increase in subsistence farming
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affordable labor from migrant farmworkers
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Detailed explanation-1: -What was one reason for the republic’s money problems? The Texas Rangers charged a lot of money to protect settlers from attacks by Native Americans.
Detailed explanation-2: -Texas president Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar asks Navarro to serve as commissioner of the Texas Santa Fé Expedition. The expedition aims to take control of the eastern part of New Mexico and make it part of the Texas Republic.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why did Mirabeau Lamar urge the Texas Congress to reject the peace treaty with the Cherokee that had been negotiated by Sam Houston? Lamar believed that the Cherokee had been involved in the Córdova Rebellion and were allied with Mexico.
Detailed explanation-4: -To fill the treasury, he authorized issuance of a large amount of Republic of Texas paper money, known as Redbacks. The paper money was virtually worthless. Spending doubled during Lamar’s term, and combined with the worthless currency, caused financial difficulties for the government.