MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
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Lamar didn’t want to tax the people
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Lamar wanted Texas to stay independent
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Houston wasn’t worried about the debt.
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Houston did not want to become part of the United States
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Detailed explanation-1: -Houston wanted to keep peace with the Native Americans, but Lamar believed that Texas should be rid of them. Also, Houston tried to stay out of further trouble with Mexico while Lamar wished to continue the conflict with them.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many of the differences were personal and unimportant in the political scheme of things, like Houston’s love of flashy clothes and his reputation for frontier boldness, and Lamar’s somber dress and enjoyment of quieter pastimes such as reading and poetry.
Detailed explanation-3: -Essay: How did Mirabeau Lamar and Sam Houston work to establish Texas as a nation recognized by other countries? Sam Houston sent William H. Wharton and Memucan Hunt to Washington, D.C. to convince U.S. leaders that Texas should be recognized. The United States finally granted recognition to Texas in March 1837.
Detailed explanation-4: -Later that year he was elected vice president of Texas under President Sam Houston; in 1838 Lamar himself won a three-year term as president of the republic. During his presidency, Lamar sought to strengthen the independence of Texas in order to avoid U.S. annexation.
Detailed explanation-5: -In 1841, without congressional approval, Lamar sent an expedition of volunteers, military, and merchants carrying 21 wagons of trade goods to Santa Fe to persuade the people of Santa Fe to abandon their Mexican citizenship and join the Republic of Texas.