Sam Houston & The Texas Republic

On September 5, 1836 _________.

• Texas became its own nation

• Sam Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas.

The president and vice president __________.

• Has the same ideas about how to run Texas. They both wanted to make peace with the Native Americans.

• Has the same ideas about how to run Texas. Houston wanted to make peace with the Native Americans, while Lamar wanted to drive the Natives out of Texas.

In the early days of the Texas Republic, the biggest problem was ___________

• threat of the Native Americans.

• money. Texas was in debt,

Another problem that Texas faced was that ____________.

• there was a lack of food to feed the people of this new country

• Santa Anna, the president of Mexico did not take to peace treaty between Texas and Mexico seriously

When Mirabeau Lamar became the president of Texas he worked hard to not change what Sam Houston had done for Texas.

• True

• False

When it came to the Native American tribes in Texas, President Lamar ____________.

• forced them out of Texas

• set aside land in Texas for the tribes to live on

Sam Houston was elected president again after Lamar's presidential term had ended.

• True

• False

Houston had a dream for Texas to become a state in the United States.

• True

• False