Similarities between Sam Houston and Mirabeau Lamar are:
Both Sam Houston and Mirabeau Lamar were strong leaders, with visions for the new Republic to shape the future of Texas. They both spent time with bands of Indians in their middle ages and underwent through little schooling
After some early trading expeditions the first Dutch settlement was founded in 1615 fort Nassau on castle island along the hudson near present day Albany. The settlement served mostly as an outpost for trading in fur with the native lenape tribespeople but was later REPLACED BY FORT ORANGE.
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