Sam Houston's Heroic Decisions

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What was Sam Houston's most heroic decision? I think the three most important decisions (Documents) are document A, document C and document D. These are all important decisions because he had to make a choice between two options such as destroying the alamo ,or fighting for it.
Document A was a very important decision because Sam Houston wanted to destroy the alamo while colonel James Bowie wanted to save the alamo. Sam Houston had an important decision to make and he restored the alamo instead of demolish it. Document A
Back in 1835 when Texas was still a part of Mexico anglo texans were mad because of the restrictions put on them by the mexican government. Sam Houston wanted the town of Bexar (San Antonio)demolished for good. Sam Houston's

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