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 sentences
1. 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?