MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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exploration of Texas by Europeans, and Spanish conflict with Native Americans
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development of Texas as a Spanish colony and as a part of independent Mexico
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Texas independence from Mexico, and the presidencies of Sam Houston and Mirabeau Lamar
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Texas annexation by the United.States, and Texas statehood
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Detailed explanation-1: -In November 1835, a provisional government known as the Consultation was established to oppose the Santa Anna regime (but stopped short of declaring independence from Mexico). On March 1, 1836, the Convention of 1836 came to order, and the next day declared independence from Mexico, establishing the Republic of Texas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Colonized in the eighteenth century by the Spanish, the Republic of Texas declared its independence from Mexico on March 2, 1836. The Republic of Texas was not recognized by the United States until a year later in 1837.
Detailed explanation-3: -He was a leading Texas political figure during the Texas Republic era. He was elected as the second President of the Republic of Texas after Sam Houston. He was known for waging war against bands of Cherokee and Comanche peoples to push them out of Texas, and for establishing a fund to support public education.