MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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The Texas War for Independence
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the beginning of the Civil War
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the removal of the Indians to lands west of the Mississippi
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Expert-Verified Answer. The Alamo, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston are MOST closely associated with A) the Texas War for Independence against Mexico. David Crockett (1786-1836) took part in the Texas Revolution (1835-1836) and was killed at the famous and decisive Battle of the Alamo.
Detailed explanation-2: -He joined a troop of Tennessee volunteers to fight in the Texas war against Mexico. In February of 1836, he went to San Antonio, Texas. He helped over 100 men to defend the Alamo. They fought against General Antonio López de Santa Anna and hundreds of Mexican troops.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Battle and the Texas Revolution The Battle of the Alamo in 1836 was part of the Texas Revolution in which the Mexican state of Tejas won independence and became a self-governing republic: Texas.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Alamo. Crockett and a 30-man armed brigade arrived in Nacogdoches, Texas, in January 1836 during the Texas War for Independence. Crockett swore allegiance to the Provisional Government of Texas in exchange for land and arrived in San Antonio at the Alamo Mission in February.
Detailed explanation-5: -Houston was appointed commander in chief of the Texan army and helped negotiate a treaty with the Cherokee living in eastern Texas. Even as Mexican forces besieged the Alamo in March 1836, Houston attended the convention at Washington-on-the-Brazos that voted for Texan independence.