Sam Houston's Heroic Decisions

“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” In the thirty years Sam Houston lived in texas he had to make many decisions that would affect him in many ways. Houston often had to make many unpopular decisions. What was Sam Houston’s most heroic decision. Houston's most heroic decision was the trying to convince General Smith to retreat his army from the Alamo.

In 1836 Houston was at the Alamo with his troops. Houston had good judgement and he knew the Mexican would have many more troops compared to the Texas army. He sent a letter to General Smith stating that the Alamo should be demolished and the troops must leave. General Smith said no and he said he would stay and fight. Houston showed his good judgement by telling the general that the Mexican Army would have to many troops and the Texan Army wouldn’t be able to fight back, but he also showed concern for others because he cared about the troops and he wanted to keep them safe. It was heroic of him to care for the troops and his good judgement about the Mexican Army would have been helpful if the General Smith had listened to him, but it was also heroic that he at least tried to convince Smith. This why this is Sam’s …show more content…
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 revoked the Missouri Compromise and gave people in western territories the ability to adopt slavery. The choice of adopting slavery was very popular. Sam was one of only two senators who voted against slavery. He warned that is would lead to warn and one would have a victory and the other go down in a sea of blood and smoking ruin. Lawyer the Texas Senators voted to condemn Houston’s position. Houston integrity because although everyone thought that slavery was a good choice, Houston knew it wasn’t right. He also showed his concern for others because he didn’t want the slaves to be forced to work and not have the freedom or equal