Sam Houston Powerpoint by Kaitlyn Reneau

1. SAM
HOUSTON
Texas Hero
Picture retrieved from: www.biography.com
Kaitlyn Reneau
5th Period

2. Childhood
 I was born on March 2, 1793 in Virginia.
 My dad, Major Samuel Houston, died in 1807.
 Shortly after, my mom moves everybody to
Maryville, Tennessee.
 When I was 16 I moved to live with the
Cherokee Indians. I lived with them three
years.

3. My Young Adult Years
 I became a teacher after living with the
Cherokee Indians, and I wore colorful Indian
clothes to teach.
 In 1812 I joined the army. During the Battle of
Horseshoe Bend, I was shot in the leg with an
arrow. After a fellow soldier pulled it out, I kept
on fighting.
 In 1818 I began studying law, and I became a
lawyer in Tennessee.
 In 1827, at age 34, I became the Governor of
Tennessee.

4. My Accomplishments
 On March 1,1836 I went to the Texas
Constitutional Convention. Mexico owned
Texas during this time, and many Texians
hoped that Texas could be an Independent
country. I worked with other leaders to write
the Constitution for Texas.
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5. My Accomplishments
 While I was writing the Constitution, the
Mexican soldiers attacked the Alamo on March
6, 1836. Unfortunately, all Texians inside the
Alamo were killed.
 I led 743 men to Santa Anna’s camp while
asleep to the San Jacinto River on April 21,
1836. As we were attacking the Mexican army
we screamed “Remember the Alamo!” We
injured, captured, or killed 1,500 Mexicans.
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6. My Accomplishments
 Santa Anna gave Texas to me and the Texians
after the Battle of San Jacinto.
 I became the Governor of Texas in December of
1859.
Picture retrieved from www.tsl.texas.gov.

7. Amazing Facts
 Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas is
named after me.
 The world’s largest statue of a U.S. Hero is made of
me.
 Texas Independence day is celebrated on March 2
which is on my birthday.
 I died from pneumonia and I’m buried in Huntsville,
Texas.
 My Summer home in Chambers County Texas is a
County Historical Marker that people still visit.
Picture retrieved from www.shsu.edu

8. Sources
 http://chamberscountyhistory.blogspot.com/2006/08/sam
-houston-and-cedar-point.html
 Sam Houston: Hero of Texas by N . Madrid, Weigl
Publishers Inc., New York, NY. Copyright: 2011.
 Sam Houston by Jan Gleiter and Kathleen Thompson,
Raintree Publishers Inc., Austin, TX. Copyright: 1988,
1991.
 What’s So Great About …? Sam Houston by Susan
Sales Harkins and William H. Harkins, Mitchell Lane
Publishers, Hockessin, Delaware. Copyright: 2007.