Why was davy crockett important

David Crockett August 17 , — March 6 , [1] was an American frontiersman , soldier , politician , and folk hero. He is more often called Davy Crockett. He represented Tennessee in the U. House of Representatives from to and again from to Fighting in the Texas Revolution , he was executed in the Battle of the Alamo at the age of Crockett was born in Tennessee.

He traveled around a lot and had many of adventures.

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He started to hunt with his brothers before his 9th birthday. A little after he started going to school, he beat up a bully. He stopped going to school so that his teacher would not punish him. His teacher told his father that Crockett was not at school. He ran away from home so that his father would not beat him. He came back home when he was 15, and his family welcomed him.

He married Mary Polly Finley a day before his 20th birthday. He married another woman, Elizabeth Patton in