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The louisiana purchace was one of the biggest land purchaces in the U.S. history. It gave the U.S. a bunch of land that we despretly needed.
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Stephen F. Austin first settled in Texas in 1821. He was a great usage to our Texas military and he later became one of the greatest men in Texas's history.
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The texas decloration of indipendence was adopted by the U.S. and it made Texas look very good and well organized for a nation to adopt a states decloration. It has now been adopted over 400 times.
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Sam Houston became the president of Texas in 1841. He was a great genrel for Texas and he is now known to be one of Texas's greatest men of all time.
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Texas became the 28 state of the U.S. in 1845. It later though dropped and joined the confederacy.
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The first time texas went to war with mexico was in 1846. Texas ended up winning that war fairly easily.
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The first railroad was built i Texas in 1851. It was a major use for Texans. They mainly transported gods and produce.
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The civil war begins in 1861 between the confederacy and the union. The union was the country that wanted to do away with slavery while the confederacy was the oposite.
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Sam houston died in 1863. it was a sad day for Texas because he was the greatest men ever known to texas.
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The U.S. war with mexico wasnt that big in 1863. It only lasted a couple of days and mexico won
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In 1864 when lincold signed the Emancipation Proclimation it made all slaves equal to white men and made all segragation illegal.
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The slaves are finally freed by the emancipation proclimation signed by president LIncoln.
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The battle of palmito ranch was the last battle of the civil war even the civil war had offically been over. it just took a long time for them to get the word out because they didnt have cell phones or computers like we do now.
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Slavery was abolished in 1865 and it freed all slaves and made them egual to every man even though they were still treated horrible.
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This ended segregation in texas and made all blacks equal to white men.
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In 1866 the first cattle drives began in Texas. this transpoted many cattle to different towns that needed cattle for milk meet and other supplies.
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Texas was readmited to the U.S. in 1870. They were the first state to be readmited after the civil war
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Reconstruction in texas was the repairing in texas after the civil war and made all slaves equal to white men.
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The texas first capitol building is burned. no one knows how it burned down to this day.
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The second state capitol building is complete. it is now currently larger than the white house in washington D.C.
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Mexico declares war on texas for the third time. this time texas won by a landslide.
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Texas got tired of mexico declaring war on them so they decided to go to war with them for the last time to try and finish them off.
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Texas ratified the nintheenth ammendment so they could get back into the United States of america.
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Texas entered the gulf war with many countries. no one offically won the war they all just signed a treety.
