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Sam Houston was one of the main leaders of the Texan Revolution, which in 1836 declared the independence of Texas from Mexico. He was then elected as the second president of the young nation, following the brief tenure of David Burnet, from 1836 to 1838, when Mirabeau Lamar was elected president.
Houston was re-elected in 184, lasting in his second term until 1844. In this second term, Houston, who was a fervent defender of the union of Texas with the United States, began to give in his claims given the refusals of the federal government. American to proceed with annexation. Thus, he focused his efforts on developing the Republic of Texas, but he had to face Mexican attacks (since this nation wanted to regain Texas territory) as well as internal rebellions such as that of the Regulators-Moderators. Ultimately, this second term of Houston served to consolidate the independence of Texas from Mexico, and to slightly bring the Texan positions closer to the American ones, which finally annexed Texas in 1845.
