Chapter 16, Section 3.

The Lone Star Republic

The Republic of Texas

• President – Sam Houston

• Vice President - Mirabeau Lamar

• Capital - Houston

Annexation• Texas wanted to

be annexed by the US for defense and money, but President Andrew Jackson didn’t want to go to war with Mexico.

Relations with Indians When Lamar became president, the relations with Comanche and Cherokee suffered. Fighting broke

out and Texas pushed the natives westward.

Relations with TejanosAlthough having supported independence, Tejanos

suffered discrimination from white settlers.

Immigration• Germans moved to

Texas and established farming communities.

• Many of them opposed slavery.

• Settlement continued to expand westward.

• Texas was land rich and cash poor.

The Texas Rangers

• Formed to guard the frontier against Mexican and Indian attacks.