One of Sam Houston’s biggest goals and challenges in his second term as president of Texas was to balance the Republic’s budget. Houston drastically reduced spending in several areas of the military. Do you think this was a wise decision or not? How else could Sam Houston have balanced the budget of Texas at the time?

How did the mexican war of independence differ from the american revolution? o a. only the american revolution was concerned with establishing a representative form of government. o b. only the mexican war of independence required military conflict to achieve its objectives. o c. only the american revolution succeeded in replacing a monarchy with another form of government. o d. only the mexican war of independence eliminated spanish colonial control over part of north america.