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SAM HOUSTON OPPOSED THE BUILDING OF THE
TEXAS NAVY BECAUSE HE FELT IT WOULD PUT A
BURDEN ON THE TEXAS FINANCES.
 IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC CHIEF BOWLES SUPPORTED
SAM HOUSTON AND HIS LEADERSHIP AND JOSE
NAVARRO OPPOSED HIM.
 IN 1832, MEXICAN FORCES ATTACKED THE TEXANS AT
ANAHUAC AT THE TURTLE BAYOU RESOLUTIONS. THE
MEXICAN COMMANDER JOHN BRADBURN WHO WAS
DISLIKED BY THE COLONISTS WERE ANGRY AND
WANTED TO SAY THAT THEY WERE NOT TRAITORS TO
MEXICO, BUT WERE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF
WHICH BRADBURN WAS A PART.
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THE INVINCIBLE, BRUTUS,INDEPENDENCE,
AND ZAVALA WERE THE SHIPS OF THE TEXAS
NAVY. THEY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SECURITY
OF THE SOUTHEASTERN BORDERS OF TEXAS,
SERVED AS A BLOCKADE OF THE MEXICAN
COAST IN PROTECTION OF TEXAS AND THEY
CAUSED DEBT OF THE NEW NATION. THE
SHIPS WERE VULERABLE TO CANNON FIRE
DUE TO THEIR DEPENDENCE ON SAILS
MANEUVER.
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STEPHEN F. AUSTINS POINT OF VIEW
TOWARD INDEPENDENCE FROM MEXICO
WAS TO BE THE DEFENDER OF MEXICAN
AUTHORITY, DIPLOMAT AND NEGOTIATOR
BETWEEN TEXANS AND MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT, SUPPORTER AND
INSTIGATOR FOR TEXAS INDEPENDENCE
AND PARTICIPANT IN THE REVOLUTION.
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FACTS ABOUT JUAN SEGUIN:
HE WAS THE ONLY ADULT TEXAN MALE TO
SURVIVE THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO.
HE WAS A MESSENGER WHO WARN SAM
HOUSTON ABOUT THE PROBLEMS IN SAN
ANTONIO.
HE STAYED WITH HOUSTON AND SERVED
IN THE FINAL BATTLE ENDING THE
REVOLUTION.
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FACTS ABOUT MIRABEAU LAMAR:
HE FORCED REMOVAL OF THE CHEROKEE
TO OKLAHOMA.
HE COUNCIL HOUSE FIGHT
DEATH OF CHIEF BOWLES
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MIRABEAU LAMAR WAS THE PRESIDENT OF
THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS AND HE SET A TRADE
ROUTE TO SANTA FE, BUT AFTER SENDING
TROOPS AND MERCHANTS TO THE AREA, HIS
EXPEDITION WAS CAPTURED AND TAKEN TO
MEXICO CITY AND IMPRISONED.
NEGOTIATIONS TO PLACE AND THEY WERE
RELEASED; HOWEVER THERE WERE OTHER
CONFLICTS WITH MEXICO THAT EVENTUALLY
LED TO ANNEXATION TO THE UNITED STATES.
THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION
PREVENTS THE GOVERNMENT FROM EXPANDING
LIMITS THE GOVERNMENT’S POWER
REQUIRES EXECUTIVE OFFICIALS AND JUDGES TO
BE ELECTED BY VOTERS
 SPERATES POWER AMONG THREE BRANCHES OF
GOVERNMENT
 PRINCIPLE OF POUPULAR SOVEREIGNTY USES
ELECTIONS TO DETERMINE MANY GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS.
 FREEDOM FOR MOST TEXANS TO LIVE AND WORK
AS THEY PLEASE BUT NOT EVERY GROUP.
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MOST OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION BATTLES WERE FOUGHT IN
THE COASTAL AND SOUTHERN PART OF TEXAS.
THE LOCATION AND POPULATION CENTERS WERE
INFLUENTIAL IN DETERMINING THE SITE OF BATTLES IN THE
TEXAS REVOLUTION.
THE BATTLE OF GONZALES SIGNIFICANTS IN THE
REVOLUTIONARY ERA WAS THE PEOPLE STOOD UP TO A
DEMAND BY THE MEXICAN ARMY AND DICTATOR, AND GAVE
HOPE TO TEXANS THAT THEY COULD DEFEAT THE MEXICANS
ARMY AND WIN INDEPENDENCE.
THE ALAMO WAS A BATTLE GROUND DURING THE TEXAS
REVOLUTION BECAUSE IT DEFENDED THE ANGLO
SETTLEMENTS AGAINST THE MEXICAN ARMY
JAMES FANIN SURRENDERED AND WAS EXECUTED ALONG
WITH HIS SOLDIERS AT GOLIAD AT THE BATTLE OF COLETO
CREEK.
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THE REVOLUTION AND REPUBLIC WAS CONSIDERED THE
SIEGE OF THE ALAMO ERA.
1845 WAS THE YEAR TEXAS WAS ANNEXED BY THE UNITED
STATES.
ANSON JONES WAS the 4th PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF
TEXAS DURING THE TEXAS ANNEXATION TO THE UNITED
STATES.
THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE TEXAS RANGERS IN THE
REPUBLIC OF TEXAS WAS TO PROTEXT TEXANS FROM
AMERICAN INDIANS.
THE LAW OF APRIL 6, 1830 MAIN PURPOSE WAS TO STOP U.S.
IMMIGRATION TO TEXAS.
THE MAIN EVENTS OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION WERE; BATTLE
OF GONZALES, FALL OF THE ALAMO, GOLIAD MASSACRE AND
THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO.