WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Davy Crockett
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Jim Bowie
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Sam Houston
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Stephen Austin
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sam Houston recruitment proclamation as Commander in Chief of the new paid Army of Texas, December 12, 1835.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the Texas Revolution, a convention of American Texans meets at Washington-on-the-Brazos and declares the independence of Texas from Mexico. The delegates chose David Burnet as provisional president and confirmed Sam Houston as the commander in chief of all Texan forces.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.