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The Texas Revolution technically started in 1835, mostly going through possible negotiations, but starting in the year 1836, battles began for Texas independence.
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Santa Anna reached the Alamo with a force way greater than the Texan defenders who numbered around 150 (Campbell, 128). -
After a summit in March, they elected the interim president Burnet till the official vote for a president could occur in September (after a lot of messes after the revolution) (Campbell, 143-145).
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Against the officers advice, Santa Anna attacked the Alamo and defeated the defenders (Campbell, 130). -
Houston led his men to attack the Mexican camp near San Jacinto bay. They charged into a bombardment, but continued on. This battle ended with the capture of 730 Mexican soldiers with Texan losses at 2 with 6 more fatally wounded (Campbell, 140-141). -
The republic of Texas began after Santa Anna was captured on April 22, but the new nation would not be annexed by the US till January 1, 1846, as ruled by the Senate (Campbell, 168).
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Interim President Burnet felt there needed to be a vote for the presidency, so this event was planned on July 23. There were two starting candidates, but both fell when Sam Houston entered the running (Campbell, 145). -
Sam Houston wanted the Republic to be annexed by the US, so mostly worked toward that goal diplomatically during his rule (Campbell, 146).
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In the second election, Sam Houston stayed out of the running and former Vice President Lamar won the election in October of 1838 with a vote count of 6,995 to 252 (Campbell, 152). -
There were a few major choices in this presidency, like aggression to the Native Americans and the relocation of the capital (Campbell, 153-155).
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France jumped to create a treaty of trade and friendship which gave legitimacy to the Republic of Texas (Campbell, 156).
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The Texas Capital got relocated from Houston to Waterloo (later Austin) which started in January of 1839, but did not get completed till October of the same year (Campbell, 155).
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After Lamar's administration ended in 1841, there was a new election that put Sam Houston back in office (Campbell, 157). This presidency lasted till the annexation of Texas by the US.
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With Lamar's aggressive actions to the Natives, Sam Houston tried and succeeded in creating treaties with the Natives who had been run out of their lands prior (Campbell, 159) -
In 1842, there was an invasion by Rafael Vasquez in response to a prior engagement caused by the Lamar presidency. The leaders of Texas wanted to attack back, but the bill to declare war was vetoed by Houston (Campbell, 160-161).
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With narrow votes to annex Texas, President Polk of the United States passed the bill to go through with the hope Sam Houston had. As a note, the debts Texas had would still be a problem for Texas, but all other facets of government were to be turned to the US (Campbell, 168).