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Sam Houston is ordered to raise an army.
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The battle of the Alamo begins.
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The Alamo falls.
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Santa Anna orders execution of troops at Goliad.
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Texans defeat Santa Anna at San Jancinto.
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The peace treaty between Texas and Mexico is signed.
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Sam Houston becomes the first President of the Republic of Texas
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Austin becomes the Texas state capital.
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Rebels try to reinforce Mexican Law in San Antonio.
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A truce is made between the Texans and Mexicans.
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There are many arguements about slavery and stuff. This leads to the secession of some states to the Confederacy.
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President Polk signed annexation acts allowing Texas into the United States of America.
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Texas rebels against the Union and becomes a part of the Confederate States of America.
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The South creates a government.
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The civil war begins when Southern Troops open fire on Fort Sumter.
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The Civil War ended on April 18, 1865.
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The confederate states rejoin the United States after the Civil War.
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In the 1870's the Indians were removed to the Indian Territory in present-day Eastern Oklahoma. Some Escaped to Mexico
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Texas' population increases immensly. The oil boom attracts many new residents.
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The stock market crashes. This is the start of the Great Deppresion in Texas.
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Texas economy booms. More jobs are avalible.
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President Kennedy is assasinated in Dallas.
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Neil Armstrong made his walk. The first man on the moon.
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During the 1970's, oil became a big business in Texas.
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The oil boom collapses.
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Texan George Bush is elected President of the United States.
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George W. Bush (George Bush's son) is Elected president of the United States.
