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-mexico gains independence from spain
-texas is still a part of mexico -
-santa anna is elected under the guise that he will keep the word of the mexican constitution
-he lies and ends up as the centralist dictator of mexico -
-haden edwards has his title of empresario taken away when he threatens settlers
-he declares a patch of land as the republic of fredonia
-it doesn't last long -
-mexico sends mier y teran t report on the current situation in texas
-he says that there are more white settlers than mexican, and that he thinks texas might rebel -
-santa anna gets freaked out by the report, and creates a new law that states;
-no more immigration from the us to texas
-no more slaves can be brought to texas
-taxes on all goods from the us -
-texan representatives declare loyalty to only the constitution of 1824 and not the new law
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-all the things going on made texans to meet in san felipe
-stephen f. austin and the delegatest pledged support to the constitution of 1824
-they drafted a document that stated they wanted to restore immigration from the us, they were upset about high taxes, and wanted texas to be its own independent mexican state -
-austin goes to the mexican government to propose the resolutions
-while he waits, he sends a letter to texas, encouraging them to start making their own government
-mexican authorities intercept the letter and arrest austin for being a traitor -
-after hearing of austin's arrest, texans meet again
-they decide to stop playing nice and declare independence from mexico no matter what -
-mexico comes to take back a cannon texas had borrowed
-texans refuse to give it back and declare 'COME AND TAKE IT'
-texas wins the battle, which gives them some hope -
-santa anna and his army approach the alamo [with less than 200 texans inside, led by travis and james bowie] and surround it
-the mexican army attack the alamo for 13 days until the early morning hours of march 6
-the texans are defeated within 90 minutes, but not before less than 200 texan soldiers were able to kill 1/3 of santa anna's army -
-travis sends a letter, asking for reinforcements at the alamo [obviously it didn't work]
-it goes down as one of the most famous documents ever -
-texan representatives meet at washington-on-the-brazos to fully decide on independence
-they decide to write a declaration of independence to the mexican government -
-james fannin leads 300 soldiers toward the alamo, but is intercepted by the mexican army at coleto creek
-fannin and his soldiers are surrounded and forced to surrender -
-fannin surrenders at coleto creek, and he and his men are taken back to a mission in goliad
-santa anna orders all of the men to be executed, rather than held as prisoners of war
-fannin and his army are slaughtered -
-houston and his army trap santa anna's army near san jacinto
-the texans swarmed santa anna's army and managed to defeat them in 18 minutes -
-after the defeat of his army at san jacinto, santa anna is forced to sign a treaty that officially recognizes texas' independence