USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Like most white Texans, Lamar did not accept the idea of coexistence with Indian tribes within Texas. Instead of Sam Houston’s policy of negotiation and conciliation, Lamar proposed to drive the Indians out of the areas of white settlement and to aggressively go after the Comanches.

Detailed explanation-2: -Unlike Sam Houston, who had been sympathetic toward Native Americans, Lamar’s policy called for the Indians to be either removed from Texas or exterminated. He began by ordering Chief Bowles to lead his Cherokee people out of East Texas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jones believed that the prospects for annexation were dim, and that independence as part a British-French alliance offered the best prospects for peace with Mexico and prosperity for Texas.

Detailed explanation-4: -Anson Jones is known as the “Architect of Annexation.” But his actual contribution to Texas statehood is more complex than the nickname indicates. There was heated opposition within the United States to annexation: Texas was at war with Mexico.