Question

14POINTS Who said it? Houston or Lamar

Sam Houston | Mirabeau B. Lamar
1. | 1.
2. | 2.
3. | 3.

- I left Texas with a debt that reached 8 million dollars.
- I wanted to decrease the size of the army and use the Texas Rangers to patrol the frontier.
- I caused debt to soar because of my costly expenditures.
- I decreased debt by cutting jobs and collecting taxes.
- I rebuilt the Texas navy to defend the Texas coast.
- I believed joining the United States would solve many problems facing the republic.

Answer 1

Lamar

Step-by-step explanation:

He increased the navy and the national debt sore under him. it got worse and worse until Sam Houston was reelected and started selling the ships Lamar built in order to pay off debt