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I believe that Sam Houston was shot on the left leg.

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The defeat of Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto.

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he got money from selling navy ships and other materials. He tried his best but not good enough on his 2nd term he printed money and raised the debt

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He made the first giant step by winning independence for Texas.

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He attended a local school for six months but later on ran away with the Cherokees who set up a school.

I think he got education in Texas but I am not sure

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Perhaps because he was a slaveholder and anti-abolitionist who refused to accept the Confederacy as a viable alternative and remained loyal to the Union.

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He commanded the Army of Texas when it won the Battle of San Jacinto.

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He was a lawyer.

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They were both presidents of the Republic of Texas.

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Sam Houston was a great political figure. He got Texas independence on the day of the Battle of San Jacinto. He was Governor of both Tennessee and Texas. He was a U.S. Senator and a U.S. Congressmen. He was a frontiersmen, statesmen, great orator, and accomplished military man. He is one of the founding fathers of Texas and a great Indian Rights Supporter.

FYI: He started the saying "Remember the Alamo!.

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He had 4 brothers and 4 sisters

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The defeat of Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto.

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He was born in Virginia and raised in Tennessee,

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1. He made an effort to protect and serve the Native Americans.
2. He was an honest man.
3. He sided with the Union when the chips were down.

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He had prior experience as a Tennessee Congressman and Governor. Lamar was a newcomer to politics.

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Sam Houston was born on march 2, 1793 so he was born on the year 1793

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nothing

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He was an honest man.

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He refused to take an oath to the Confederate States.

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No, he fought Santa Anna at a time and place of his choice and defeated him.

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He was shot in the foot at the Battle of San Jacinto, but the individual that fired the shot remain unknown and it may have been an accidental discharge by his own men that wounded him.

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Both Texas Presidents had a major public debt to deal with and the Native Americans remained at war with the Texians at every opportunity.

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General Sam Houston did not yet have enough soldiers under his command to relieve the Alamo, so he sent orders for Colonel James Fannin to do it, as Fannin had the largest Texan force available at that time. Fannin complied with the order, but two of his wagons slipped their wheels, and he returned to Fort Defiance. After the Alamo was taken by the Mexican Army, Fannin surrendered Fort Defiance without a fight, whereupon he and his entire command were put to death by the Mexican Army; the infamous Goliad Massacre.

Although Fannin was one of the agitators of the Texan Revolution at Gonzales, he may have been too hestitant to engage Mexico after the Revolution began. He had only 400 Texan troops against 1500 Mexican troops. Houston, although he certainly wanted to help the Alamo, had not even as many troops as Fannin had. As the commander of an army which did not exist yet, Houston had to think strategically, which sometimes means cutting off a finger to save a hand. The Alamo was the finger, and Texas was the hand.