beating him. He learned everything on his home because he thought he wouldn't find a nice girl if he could read or write. He even thought his self to add and subtract. He married Mary
Finely in 1806. He settled down and became a farmer. He struggled farming on the frontier. So he moved his family to Franklin County, Tennessee in 1813. His wife, Mary, died in
1815. He remarried to a woman named Elizabeth Patton. They were taking a trip to Alabama with they're neighbors, when Crockett came down with malaria. The neighbors left him on
the side of the road to die but he recovered and found his way home to his family. Crockett quoted about his death that had been reported "I know'd this was a whopper of a lie, as
soon as i heard it."
Early Career
When he moved to Franklin County, he helped ambush the Creek Indian worriers in Alabama. The indians attacked Fort Mims where local settlers gathered and killed over
500 settlers. That pushed Crockett to volunteer for the frontier military forces to fight the Creek Indian worriers. Crockett went on leave after being a scout during September and
October. He was out of the military from September 1814 to February 1815. He became a hunter and a scout during the time he took off from the military. During that time he
encountered small fights. His family moved to Lawrence County, Tennessee in 1817. He had a worked as a Justice of the Peace and then as a county commissioner. That is
what jump started his political career. He was elected lieutenant colonal of the local military.
Major Accomplishments
In 1821 he ran for a seat in the state legislature. His strategy to win votes is to have short speeches and then tell stories because he noticed that most of the voters were
frontiersmen. Crockett grew up with poor settlers so he helped them. He made bills to reduce taxes, to settle land claims disputes, and to protect their economy. Crockett was elected
to the Tennessee legislature. Two years later, in 1825, Crockett ran for a seat in the U.S Congress but he wouldn't win the chair. In 1827 he would run again but this time he won and
got reelected in 1829. Andrew Jackson was president at the time but Crockett didn't agree with him much. He always stood up to him on issues he thought wasn't being treated right.
Like the issue with the Indians about moving them off their land. Crockett didn't keep his chair in the Congress because he lost the next time he ran. But in 1833 he won again for a
third time. He published his autobiography in 1834 called A Narrative of the Life of Divd Crockett of the State of Tennessee. He was defeated again when he was running for the U.S
Congress which ended his Congressional career. Crockett headed to Texas in 1835 with four of his neighbors looking for land. He reached San Antonio, Texas after joining the
Texas Volunteers in 1836. He fought against the Mexican army in the Battle of the Alamo. Crockett died during the first of March while the Mexican army captured the Alamo.
Everyone says he was one of the last ones to but really he one of the first to die. He was alone and unarmed on March 6, 1836.
Conclusion
Davy Crockett accomplished a lot of great achievements in his life time. He was a great hero not just in his military career but in his political career too. He helped a lot of poor settlers
with their land and even physical labor. He changed history for Texas and even for America. So I'm going to Toast Davy Crockett for everything he did for Texas and America.
