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Houston was born at Timber Ridge Church, Rockbridge Country, Virginia.
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Houstons father died.
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Enlisted in the seventh U.S. infantry. He fought in the Creek War under General Andrew Jackson.
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Promoted to second lieutenant.
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Wounded twice, once in the thigh with a barbed arrow, hit with two rifles balls in the shoulder.
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He was elected District Attorney for Davidson District.
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Elected major general of the state of Tennesee.
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Elected into Congress from the 9th Tennnesse District.
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Gen. Santa Anna overthorws Mexican constitutional government.
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Elected into Congress again
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Elected seventh presedent of Tenesee
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Houston left Cherokee reservation and traveled across the wilderness of Nacogdoches, Texas.
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American colonist in Texas revolt against Mexican rule.
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America was out of debt for the first time.
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Texas declares independence from Mexico.
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Mexican troops storm the Alamo with less than 200 Texians defending themselves.
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Houston leads his troops in the Battle of San Jacinto where they capturre Santa Anna and later the war ends.
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14,000 cherokee indians are forced out of their land
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Mexico warns U.S. an exation of Texas would be equivalent to a declarationof war against the Mexican government.
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Texas joins the union army. As a slave state.
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Houston died.
