MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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He set aside land for public schools.
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He wrote the first standards for public education.
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He purchased the first set of textbooks for public education.
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He created a college that trained teachers for public schools.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lamar has been called “the Father of Texas Education” because of his provisions of land to support it. During his administration, he convinced the legislature to set aside three leagues of land in each county to be devoted to school development.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lamar: Father of Texas Education.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -One hundred and seventy-three years ago today, Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar made a fateful decision that widened the rift between he and former President Sam Houston. A sleepy little hamlet called Waterloo was approved as the capital of the new Republic of Texas.