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10 Cards in this Set
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Why did the United States not want to annex Texas?
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The money, the slave state, the adams honest treaty
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Why did Houston's plan to make peace with native americans fail?
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The congress did not pass the teaty
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What were two reasons that Lamar launched the Santa Fe expedition?
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trade, hoping to add Santa Fe to Texas
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How did Lamar strengthen the armed forces?
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bought 6 ships for the navy, and got more men
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What four steps did the Texas government undeer Houston take to cut spending?
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sends the soldiers home, fires government work, decreases spending, and reduces salary
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What did the "grand council" achieve?
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peace treaty with the native americans
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What were the terms of the 1844 treaty between the United States and Texas? What happened to that treaty?
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Pay off debt, give up public lands, enter as a territory
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What four terms for annexing Texas were in the 1845 joint resolution of the U.S Congress?
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we would enter as a state, pay off our debt, keep public, and we get to keep our slaves, we can divide up into 5 states
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How did the population of Texas change from 1836 to 1845? What caused that change?
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it got bigger because of the empressario system
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What kind of farming did most people in Texas carry on? What activities did this involve?
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subsistince farming, plant, take careof the animals
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