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Drafted by Thomas Jefferson betweeen June 11th and June 28,1776,the declaration of independence is at once the nations most cherished symbol of liberty and Jeffersons most enduring monument.
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The French Revolution was a radical social and political upheavel in France,that had a major impact on France and throughtout the rest of Europe
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The first great economic crisis and depression.It was the first major financial crisis the U.S faced.
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The name Old Three Hundred is sometimes used to refer to the settlers who received land grants in Stephen F. Austin's first colony. In January 1821 Austin's father, Moses Austin, had received a permit from the Spanish to settle 300 families in Texas, but he died in Missouri a short time later before he could realize his plans.
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On January 17, 1821, the government of the eastern division of the Provincias Internas granted a permit to Moses Austin to settle 300 families in Texas
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Mexico gained their independece!
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Constitutional government in Texas began with the Mexican federal Constitution of 1824, which, to some degree, was patterned after the United States Constitution but resembled more the Spanish Constitution of 1812.
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It was one of the constituent states of the newly established United Mexican States under it's 1824 constitution
