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The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia.
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Sam Houston was born in Virginia.
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Sam Houston was voted to attorney general of Tennessee.
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Sam Houston was disgraced after he failed to get reelected as governor so he moved to the Arkansas Territory.
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Sam Houston failed to get reelected as governor of Tennessee.
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Sam Houston was arrested for "assaulting" William Stanbery.
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Sam Houston moved to Nacogdoches, Texas.
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The Battle of the Alamo was fought in San Antonio by Texians led by William B. Travis and the Mexican Army led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
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The Battle of San Jacinto was won, giving Texas its independence.
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The Republic of Texas was recognized as an independent country by the United States.
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The city of Houston was founded on the banks of the Buffalo Bayou.
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Sam Houston was elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
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The Republic of Texas was annexed to the United States.
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The Mexican-American war began.
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The Mexican-American War ends, with the United States paying Mexico for Texas and much of the Southwest after its victory.
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Sam Houston opposed the secession of Texas and opposed joining the Confederacy.
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Texas secedes and joins the Confederacy.
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Sam Houston died at age 70 in Huntsville, Texas.
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The Civil War ends, and Texas is returned to the Union.
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This timeline was created in Houston, Texas.