USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -An independent Texas: Lamar had devoted much thought to Texas’s military and foreign policy. He would no longer seek annexation to the United States. Instead, he would continue to try to win recognition from other countries of Texas’s independence.

Detailed explanation-2: -By 1844 Lamar was advocating U.S. annexation of Texas on the basis that it would assure the continuation and safety of slavery. During the Mexican War (1846–48) he again distinguished himself in battle, joining Zachary Taylor’s forces and fighting gallantly at Monterrey, Mexico.

Detailed explanation-3: -Texans elected Mirabeau B. Lamar, who had served as vice president under Houston. Lamar opposed annexation to the U.S. because he believed that one day Texas would be a powerful, independent nation that would extend all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

Detailed explanation-4: -During his presidency, Lamar had opposed annexation of Texas by the United States. A few years later, he came to believe that annexation was necessary to prevent Texas from falling into the orbit of Great Britain, and also to protect the institution of slavery, which Lamar strongly supported.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lamar believed the “total extinction” of the Indian tribes was necessary to make the lands available to whites. He drove the Indians out at the Battle of the Neches, where 500 Texans attacked 800 American Indians of several different tribes.