Life in the Republic of Texas

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Annexation is:

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The process of one country taking over all or part of another country

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Why was Sam Houston most likely elected President of the new Republic instead of SFA or Lamar?

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Sam Houston was a war hero

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An example of public lands: Grocery store, National park, A person's home

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National park

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Which President would have said the following: "The white man and the red man can not dwell in harmony together as nature forbids it."

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Mirabeau Lamar

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Money that a government collects is called:

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Revenue

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Houston moved the capital to:

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Houston

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Lamar was against annexation by the US because: He wanted to expand the land to the Pacific Ocean, He was angry at America for not helping more in the Texas Revolution, He was trying to clear up the debt first.

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He wanted to expand the land to the Pacific Ocean.

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Lamar moved the capital to Waterloo (later renamed Austin) because:

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it was more central and he hoped to grow the republic west

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Which President of the republic increased the size of the army and created a navy?

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Lamar

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Which President increased taxes, cut government spending and got rid of the army?

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Houston