Explain how Sam Houston (1st president) and Mirabeau Lamar (2nd president) each treated the Native Americans when each of them were president?

Sam Houston Mirabeau Lamar

Hero of San Jacinto

1836-1838: President

Hero of San Jacinto

1838-1841: President

Financial

Native Americans

Capital

Military

Annexation

Mexico

Compare & Contrast

Name:

Debt rose from $1.25M to $2M

Tried to raise money through

tariffs and property taxes

Indian Wars cost $2.5M

Spent money extravagantly

Created “Red Backs” that quickly

lost value

Debt rose to $7M

Tried to improve relations with

Cherokees

Made a peace treaty but Texas

Senate rejected it.

Felt the Native Americans had no

claim to Texas

Ordered the removal of Cherokees

Invaded the Comanches

Houston for 3 years Moved to the Colorado River

Renamed Austin

Felix Huston wanted to invade

Mexico

Houston rejected the plans & sent

the soldiers home.

Restored the navy to fight in the

Gulf of Mexico

Houston wanted to join the U.S.

U.S. did not want to damage

relations with Mexico

Texas would tip the balance in

the U.S. Senate (pro-slavery)

Opposed annexation

Believed Texas would be an

independent nation extending to

the Pacific Ocean

Mexico refused to recognize

Texas as a nation

Houston discouraged fighting

with Mexico

Sent military to Mexico to prove

Texas’ worth

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