Lamar Becomes President

Mirabeau Lamar

• 2nd president 1838• Did not agree with Sam

Houston’s policies– Focused on pushing out

the Native Americans– Improving education– Keep Texas as

independent nation • Moved the capital to

Austin

Chief Bowles

• Comanche chief during the 1820s

• Signed a peace treaty with Sam Houston that allowed Comanche’s to live in Texas

• Lamar ordered Comanche’s out of Texas in 1839

• Bowles refused and was killed as the Comanche’s were forced to Oklahoma

Jose Antonio Navarro

• Representative for Tejanos in San Antonio

• Supported Lamar and opposed Sam Houston

• Wanted Texas to stay an independent nation

Council House Fight

• March 19, 1840• Comanche's agreed to

surrender Anglo captives• Only one Anglo released• Indians tried to leave

and were attacked by the Texas Rangers

• Several Comanche's were killed

• Comanche nation still refuses to make peace

Texas Navy

• Established to protect the Texas coastline

• Very costly and unsuccessful

• Edwin W Moore Commodore of the Navy– Dishonorably discharged

for aiding rebels • Became part of the US

Navy after annexation

Santa Fe Expedition

• June 1841• Lamar sent troops to

claim the western boundary of Texas– All land east of the Rio

Grande• Mexico did not agree to

the new boundaries• Texans were captured and

imprisoned • Expedition was a failure

and waste of money

Mier Expedition

• Mexico invaded Texas after the Santa Fe expedition

• 300 Texans were sent to Mier in order to push back Mexican forces

• Over 900 Mexicans fought back and the Texans surrendered

• Santa Anna ordered every Texan that drew a black bean be executed– 176 Texans were executed

Anson Jones

• Texas 4th president 1844– Sam Houston was reelected for

3rd

• Supported Sam Houston’s policies– Annexing into the US

• Convinced the US congress to annex Texas if they paid off Texas’ debt

• Texas was annexed into the US in 1845 as a slave state– Texas gave 1/3 of land to US for

debt payment

Lamar Becomes President Chapter 12.2

• Take out a sheet of paper• Find a shoulder buddy and put both names on one sheet of

paper• Copy questions AND answer in complete sentences1. Did Anson Jones agree or disagree with Sam Houston’s

policies?2. Did Chief Bowles a support or oppose Sam Houston’s policies?3. Did Navarro want Texas to remain an independent nation or be

annexed into the US?4. Was the Texas Navy a success or failure?5. What did Jones want to establish with the Sante Fe expedition?6. What year was Texas annexed into the US?