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The area was explored by Spanish expeditions in 1691 and 1709, which named the San Antonio River and San Pedro Creek.
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Guiterrez magee army was defeated.
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Estabished Sabine River as the border of Texas.
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Hoping to recover from bankruptcy, Moses Austin meets with Spanish authorities in San Antonio to ask permission for 300 Anglo-American families to settle in Texas.
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Founded the first anglo colony in Texas.
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Austin settles 300 families.
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The involvement of the Indians and the mestizos in the war of independence turned what had been a political maneuver into a class struggle. Hidalgo was captured and executed by the Spaniards before Mexico gained its independence.
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Filibuster is shot and killed, declared Texas independent from from Spain.
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Resrict slavery, representive government, ownership of private property.
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Established the town of Gonzales.
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Mier reports that Texas is becoming less Mexican and recomendes more Mexican troops in Texas and sending in more European settlers into Texas.
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Although only about 22,000 Texas families, approximately one in four, owned slaves, and most slave-holders lived in the eastern part of the state, most Texans believed that slavery was vital for continued prosperity.
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This law canceled nearly all Empasarios contracts.
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States that settlers support the Mexican Constitution of 1824.
