Sam Houston and Mirabeau Lamar as President of

Republic of Texas.

Annexation (Foreign Policy)• Lamar-

• He was not in favor, he wanted to further expand Texas

• Houston

• He was in favor of the idea of joining Texas with the United States during his term

Relations with Mexico (Foreign Policy)

• Lamar• He sent his Secretary of

State Barnard Bee to Mexico City with an offer of $5 million if Mexico would recognize the Rio Grande as the border and recognize Texas Independence.

• Houston• To avoid another war he

sends Santa Anna to Washington D.C. to have him sell the idea of the U.S. taking control of Texas

Domestic Policy• Lamar

• His policy required money, which the government had very little of . He wanted to build a public school system and a first class University in Texas. Congress even put land up for sale for these programs. He earned the name “Father of Texas Education”

• Houston• He had 3 different

domestic policies. • 1. He wanted to gain

control of the army• 2. determined to keep

peace in Texas• 3.wanted to put the

nation on solid financial ground.

Native American Policy (Domestic Policy)

• Lamar• Wanted to remove native

Americans from the frontier. He thought they blocked westward expansion.

• They defeated the Cherokees, who had ties with Mexico. Comanche's lost in the Council House fight.

• Some thought they had no right to land

• Houston• Houston had lived

among Cherokees for several years. He understood the problems that faced them.

• He made treaties with Native Americans and set up trading posts on the frontier. Native Americans grew to distrust the Republic.

Armed Forces • Lamar

• To make Texas safer, he built a new army out of scratch. He fired Houston’s soldiers. He recruited from the U.S. and offered free land.

• Bought one ship and had 6 more ordered to be built. This small fleet was called The Republic’s new navy

• Houston• Houston came upon a

problem.• Houston’s army left and

some were sent.• Houston wanted a

small army so that he could keep cost down.

Directions for Lamar and Houston Caricatures

Page 8 and 9 ISN

• Come up with a picture of a man

• Color all pictures

• 6 facts about each person from page 7

• Picture for each fact