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Stephen F. Austin led the first of several groups of
American settlers to a fertile area along the Brazos River. However,Austin’s plans didn’t work out as well as he had hoped; 12 years later, he put into a Mexican prison by Santa-Annsa and. After his release, Austin spoke about the impending crisis between Texas and Mexico. This later led to what would be known as the Texas revolution. -
In this timespan, the newly stated Mexican goverment had been giving out cheap land grants. The rules were that they had to become mexican citizens, and be roman catholic
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Santa anna suspends the mexican constitution, and imprisons austin
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Mexico closed its doors to the American people, stopping them from completing trade with many business opportunities in Mexico
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The Americans had been pushed back to an abandoned mission fort, and they waited for the Mexicans only to be killed entirely.
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Houston became president of the Republic of Texas.
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Santa Anna was ousted as Mexico’s
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Stephen Kearny marches
from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, across
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California gains independence