Issues that Texas the new REPUBLIC faced

Location of Capital

• Most of the Texans were not happy with the location of  the new capital.
• Because, Austin was isolated and too far west(In the middle of NO WERE!!)
• The Texan were afraid that they would be attacked by the Mexicans.

debt

• Both the U.S and Texas were dee, deep in debt 
• Texas - lots of debt
• U.S lots of debt to 
• Combined LOADS OF DEBT!!!!

Education System

• The government wanted to find a way to educate the children
• so, in 1936, Lamar(the father of education) made a university

Border disputes with Mexico

• Mexico wanted all the land
• Texas a
• Texas also wanted all the land
• So, they finally came to a agreement 
• to have the border as the Rio Grande 

Conflicts with American Indian tribes

• Indians were located on the Texas land
• Indians were located on the Texas land
• The indians did not want to share the land with the Texans
• The Texans wanted to kill them and take over the land
• Houston wanted to protect the indians 

Unrest within the army

• The new government faced a challenge from its own army
• The new government faced a challenge from its own army
• The army's commander, Felix Huston, and many others, wanted to invade Mexi 
• The army's commander, Felix Huston, and many 
• to stop the growing
• to stop the growing unrest, President Houston replaced Huston with Albert S

How the issue of slavery will affect the annexation of Texas

• Texas and the U.S, had different opions about slavery
• U.S - Do NOT like slavery
• Texas- Wants slavery 
• PROBLEMS

Lack of recognition as a nation state

• No one accepted them for who they were
• they all were angery 
• and finally the got recognized 

Texas had six flags

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