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The residents of Texas rebelled against the Mexican government and wanted to become an independent republic.
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Houston leads an army of 800 Texans and fought 1500 Mexicans and won the war.
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59 delegates got together and held a convention to draft the Texas Declaration of Independence. After the drafting, it became official that Texas was free. -
He was born in Virginia in 1793. After his dad died, he moves to Tennessee with his family. He then ran away to live with the Cherokee tribe. Later in his life, he is appointed military commander of the Texan army. After winning the war with Mexico, he becomes president of Texas -
For the first time, the Texas congress met up in Austin. Austin was renamed from the Waterloo -
The Indians invaded Texas due to increasing hostilities. The Texans won the war with minor losses -
1400 Mexicans under Adrin Woll took over San Antonio but quickly retreated with prisoners.
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Rafael Vasquez brought 500 men into Texas and took over San Antonio but then went back to Rio Grande.
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On this day 17 Texans were killed when they raided Mexico while on the Mier Expedition -
Texas joined USA as the 28th state when USA annexed it from Mexico
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The Mexican-American War began because Mexico and Texas could not agree on where the boundaries should lie.
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After the Mexican–American War, Mexico acknowledges Texas independence -
Mexico and USA signed the Guadalupe-Hidalgo treaty. Mexico agreed that they will surrender their claims on Texas