Samuel Houston

The book explores a life story of Sam Houston from this beginning in Tennessee to joining school, then the military, up to when he became a political leader. The book also focuses on expressing ideas that present his impact on Texas, since he had become an influential person. The book explains that he managed to establish a War against Mexico. The book focuses on characterizing Sam’s influence on Texas, through a focus on the political environment in the region during the early days as a Republic.

He then became a Senator from Texas to the United States Congress, but was removed due to his strong opposition to the secession of Texas. This ended his career in public service and in 1863, Sam Houston died in his home in Huntsville, Texas.

Known as “The Father of Texas”, Stephen Fuller Austin or Stephen F. Austin, fulfilled his father's dream of establishing the first Anglo American settlement in the Spanish owned the province of Texas. He accomplished many things in his life, such as winning the Texas freedom, going to law school, and was the president of Texas when it was it’s own country.

Sam Houston was one of the founding fathers of Texas known as a soldier, statesman and man of integrity. Spending most of his youth in Tennessee, he was impatient and reckless with a sense of adventure which lead him to the Cherokee country. His time spent with family and the Cherokee Indians is where he developed his practical, level-headed and grounded character. Houston’s passion for peace and support for the Cherokee’s came from having seen the effects of war and strife on the Indians. The values instilled from these early experiences are prevalent in Houston’s political and personal viewpoints throughout his life and career.

In the 1830’s, Texas fought for their independence from Mexico. This sparked the Mexican revolution. There were three main reasons why Texans wanted independence: Mexico outlawed slavery, high taxes, and the Mexicans wanted everyone to join the Catholic Church. One of the major players in Texas was Stephen Austin. He had 300 land grants which he gave to the Texans. After some time, Stephen Austin went all the way to Mexico to present petitions for a greater self-governing government for Texas. Even though Stephen Austin was known as the father of Texas, the President of Mexico harshly denied his request.

Sam Houston was born in Rockbridge, Virginia in 1793 and died in Huntsville, Texas in 1863. He lead an adventurous life that involved the Creek Indian War and the War for Texas Independence. During his lifetime he was a Congressman and a Governor for the state of Tennessee. He lived among the Cherokee Indians and became a lifelong advocate for Native American rights. He was twice elected the President of Texas and later, after its annexation to the United States, he was elected twice as its Senator and its Governor. Although he demonstrated great leadership as a politician in Tennessee, his greatest influences were in Texas and the American Southwest. In this way, he helped to shape the future of two states and the destiny of the United States.

You probably think you know who Stephen F. Austin is but do you really know who Stephen F. Austin is? Stephen Fuller Austin Most commonly known as Stephen F. Austin was a very successful man he was able to take over his father's dream of leading the first anglo american families to texas and build on it a make it into a great thing.

Sam Houston has made many decisions when he was in Texas. They included becoming friends with the indians, voting against slavery, and voting against seceding from the Union.

Contrary to the typical stereotypes of Texans, Sam Houston was much more than a drunkard and an excellent gunslinger. Although, he possessed these traits as well, Houston displayed a certain level of maturity, honor, and critical thinking that most men, or even women, at the time did not own. To assume Sam Houston was a one trick pony, or only skilled in one aspect merely because of his heritage and place of birth would be an understatement, as his father was a major . The tall, handsome troublemaker did not fit in with the standard expected of boys or men during his time, however, he is one of the most revered political figures not only in Texas’s history, but also the history of the nation as a whole. Houston held numerous political

Although he went against the norms of society by accepting the Cherokee, he had an outgoing personality that attracted others and he was elected continuously. The same year he became a lawyer (1818), he became a district attorney of the District of Nashville. In 1823 and 1825, he was elected to Congress-twice. In 1827, he became the Tennessee governor. He was also elected commander in chief in 1836 of the ad interim for the army of Texas. He was even chosen as the first president of the Republic of Texas of 1836, and he was again elected five years later in 1841. Houston was voted to become the Texas state senator from 1849-1859, for ten years. He was also the Texas state governor from 1859-1861. There was literally no time between the periods that Houston was elected for the multiple positions he held. His decision were worthy to Texas and they were justified. Even today, there are many monuments honoring Same Houston and his actions, such as the stature in Huntsville, Texas. The citizens of Texas were typically in his favor, but the Mexicans were not because of his skills and

Unfortunately Sam Houston was unable to see the Annexation of Texas during his terms as president of Texas, but it is very clear that without Samuel Houston 's experience on the battle field and educated mind in command of the Independent nation of Texas, our nation 's history would have been written completely different, and it was in the States favor that a man

Sam Houston was a prominent political figure in the 19th century whose fame is attributed to his role of bringing Texas into the United States. Even though he was a life-long slave owner, Houston was opposed to the expansion of the institution of slavery into the west. Despite that his attitude seemed contradictory, Houston had good reasons for his resistance of the expansion of slavery.

Many books have been written about the famous Texan Samuel Houston, better known as just Sam Houston. He was born on March 2nd 1793, just outside of Lexington, Virginia to his father, Samuel Houston, who was a veteran of the Revolutionary war, and his mother, Elizabeth Paxton. Sam had four older brothers and when he was three his brother William was born, James (1929). A year after that the first girl in his family was born named Mary. Mary was Sam’s favorite. Sam’s father, then Major Sam Houston, died when he was thirteen years old and less than a year later his mother moved the family to Tennessee. When Sam was fifteen years old in 1809 he ran away from home because his older brothers were forcing him to work in the family owned store in Maryville, James (1929), and spent three years living amongst the Cherokee Indians who adopted him and dubbed him Colonneh, which translates to “the Raven”. After his experience with the Indians Houston retained a consistent empathetic view toward Indians. After war erupted between the Americans and the British, Houston joined the United States Army in 1813 as a twenty year old private. His mother’s response according to DeBruhl, (1993), “There, my son, take this musket and never disgrace it: for remember, I had rather all my sons should fill one honorable grave, than that one of them should turn his back to save his life. Go, and remember, too, that while the door of my cottage is open to brave

The Constitution of the Republic of Texas banned reelection, Houston served in the Texas House of Representatives as a representative from San Augustine from 1839 to 1841. In there he was in fierce opposition to President Lamar, he had been Houston's vice president. However, Houston condemns Lamar's expansionist tendencies and cruelty toward with regard to the Indians.

in 1836 revolutionaries routed the Mexican army at the Battle of San Jacinto and the nearby town took the name of the battle's victor, General Sam Houston. Since then Houston has become America's fourth largest city, and its magnificent cityscape of concrete, glass, and steel bears little resemblance to traditional Texas imagery. In an area that was little more than a thick forest lining Buffalo Bayou, Houston was founded in 1836 by the Allen brothers and named after the Republic of Texas's beloved general Sam Houston. By 1860, there were 5,000 residents in Houston, wooden sidewalks, a few shell-paved roads, and five railroads. Out of the mud and mayhem of Houston's humble frontier beginnings arose men like Thomas W. House, Alexander P. Root,