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Sam Houston Elected as President - October 1836

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Sam Houston Elected as President - October 1836

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There were many people who wanted to be president, but the people of Texas had chose Sam Houston as the First President of Texas.The newly troubled republic had problems with money and was in debt.They also had to deal with Mexico and attacks from the Indians.

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The Indians didn't enjoy that the people of Texas were living on their land, and they didn't like the wars Texas had brought.Several Tejanos didn't like the rules of the republic, and a Tejano from. named Vicente Córdova created a group to start a rebellion against the Republic.However the rebellion died out after being defeated in a battle near Seguin in 1839.

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Mirabeau Lamar becomes President -December 1838

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Mirabeau Lamar becomes President -December 1838

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Since Houston couldn't be re-elected, his term expired in 1838.So the two known people running were,Mirabeau Lamar, who was vice president, and Robert Wilson.Lamar focused mainly on rewriting Houston's rules, and trying to make Texas known to other nations.Lamar had won easily, so to achieve his goal he enlarged the Texas Rangers ,and brought back the Navy .Later on Texas was finally recognized as a nation by several countries.

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One of Lamar's goals was to improve education, by building schools and universities.So the Congress set aside about 18,000 acres of public land in each county for public schools.The Congress also set aside also land for two universities, Texas A&M University and University of Texas.

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Lamar didn't like the Indians around, and didn't like that they were on Texas land.Lamar wanted to make the Congress deny the treaty Houston had put in motion, when it was his term .In May 1839, Texas Rangers raided many Mexicans and Indians from their villages, and the Native American groups decided that they would leave after they harvest.This didn't stop Lamar, and on July 16,1839 they attacked the Cherokee tribe near the Neches River.

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Lamar wanted the nations around them to notice that Texas was an independent nation ,and to do this Lamar thought having a strong military would make them recognize Texas as a powerful nation. In 1840 Lamar told the  Navy to help Mexicans Rebels in Mexico's Yucatán Province.Lamar thought that the Yucatán rebellion would keep Mexico busy, and that it would show Mexico how strong Texas is.

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Comanche raids were still happening in the West, so in 1839, Texas Rangers had went to the  Comanche County, and fought several battles against them.Comanche wanted to end the fighting and wanted a piece treaty, but Texas had wanted them to bring the hostages that they captured.This took place in the Texas Council House, but during the treaty ,there was a misconception and many people were killed.

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Lamar had wanted to annex Santa Fe to the Republic, because of the grudges Mexico and Texas still had.Lamar had wanted Santa Fe because he wanted to expand the nation, so he disobeyed the Congress. More than 300 soldiers had to surrender to Mexico,and had died.

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Lamar had cost Texas a lot of money, because he pushed wars,.The wars costed the republic $2.5 million, and Lamar also failed  to borrow money from several nations.The government had made paper money which were called redbacks,but they had lost their value, and the republic debt was now at $8 million.

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In 1841,Sam Houston was re-elected.He had told the people that he would undo the damage that Lamar had done to the nation.He had done many things to try to save money, he was also pushing annexation by the United States.

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In March 1842, nearly 700 Mexican soldiers invaded Texas and had captured San Antonio. Sam Houston had wanted the government's archives to be moved from Austin, in case the capital was attacked.But since a little misconception happened ,with the residents of Austin , and the Texas Rangers, the Archives stayed in Austin.In September 1842, Mexican Troops captured San Antonio again, but were again unsuccessful at holding it captured, and were defeated by the Texas Rangers

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Houston meets with Native Tribes- October 1844

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Houston meets with Native Tribes- October 1844

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Houston brought back the peaceful and fair dealings with Native Americans, and brought them supplies.Peace treaties were signed with several Native groups, and in October 1844,Houston met with the leaders of the tribes and told them that Lamar's ways had ended. 11 Native American groups signed the peace and trade treaties that resulted from these talks.

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Anson Jones who was the president of Texas in 1844, had a talk with the congress about the offers from the United States. and Mexico.The congress accepted annexation in June,a convention with people chosen by voters agreed with the decision on  July 4,1845.

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During the time of the republic ,the population was a problem, mostly because of the immigrants that would come to Texas. When Houston was reelected he was still committed to annexation, and he had thought of an idea.In April 1844, people from the US and Texas negotiated and signed a treaty of annexation ,and it said that Texas would join the United States as a territory.The government of  the US, would pay Texas's debt, but in return Texas had to give up all claims to its lands.Many Texans were upset that this annexation happend.