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Native American tribes attacked Texas settlers in a series of raids that lasted a year
• Fort Parker was attacked by Comanche’s and Kiowa’s, killing several settlers, and two women and several children kidnapped, this including Cynthia Ann Parker. -
Sam Houston Portrate Sam Houston is elected first president and his vice president is Mirabeau B. Lamar.
The citizens of Texas voted Houston to be president, though most wanted Texas to become part of the US. -
Battle at san Jacinto where Santa Anna was captured
He was realesed then went to the US and came back to Mexico in March 1837 -
Map of Texas and US
The United States officially recognized Texas as an independent nation.
• President Jackson sent Henry Morfit on a “fact finding” mission to Texas, and Morfit didn’t think Texas could hold its independence. Texas represenatives later talked to congress and convinced them. -
Mirabeau B. Lamar was elected president.
• The constitution of 1836 stated the president could not serve consecutive terms so Sam Houston could not be re-elected, so the people voted on his vice president. -
• The Comanche’s refused to give back all their prisoners so there was a fight for the people to get back the prisoners and 7 Texans and 35 Comanche’s died.
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The germans arrive in texas during the 1840s and by the 1850s germans were more than 5% of the total population in texas.
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The battle was the aftermath of the Council House fight in which many indians died when the Texas Rangers over took the comanches at plum creek.
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• Lamar sent an expedition to Santa Fe to control the region and open trade with New Mexico. This expedition was an epic fail.
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sam houstons ring
• Houston eliminated dozens of government positions and cut the size of the army. He tried to sell navy ships, but angry citizens of Galveston prevented the sale. -
General Alexander Somervell and a militia of 750 to patrol the area from San Antonio to Laredo. After two days of fighting the Texans surrendered on December 26, 1842.
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Due to the Santa Fe Expidition Houston wanted to move the archives to Houston from Austinb and they were fired upon by a group since they thought they were moving the capital to Houston.
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Some citizens were mad because texas had not becme a state, but just a territory of the US and the US paid all the debts of the Republic of Texas.
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Anson Jones was elected president of Texas in 1844, called a special session of the Texas Congress to consider the terms of annexation, which were quickly accepted.
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Congress annexated Texas on better terms that would be more favorable to the citizens.
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Mexico agreed to recognize texas as an independant nation only if Texas rejected annexation by the USA
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constitution picture
The lone star flag was lowered and the starsand stripes were raised.
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