MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
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Native Americans did not respect the debt Texas had gained
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Texans would not trade with the Native Americans
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Many Texans continued to take Native American land
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Native Americans would spread deadly diseases in the Texas towns
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Detailed explanation-1: -These Indian Wars included the Sand Creek Massacre, the Sioux Wars, the Black Hills War, the Battle of Little Bighorn, and the Wounded Knee Massacre, among roughly thirty-five others.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sam Houston was elected again as president in 1841. He began diplomatic initiatives to bring peace to the frontier. In 1843, a grand council held at Bird’s Fort with several tribes, including the Cherokees, resulted in a treaty that was ratified by the Texas Senate and signed into law on February 3, 1844.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Civil War on the Plains. Secession of Texas and 10 other Southern states from the Union in 1860–61 brought no end to the military contest in the southern Plains. The Comanche launched particularly devastating raids into north Texas (December 1863) and against a settlement at Elm Creek (October 13, 1864).