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Lead elements of the Mexican army cross the Rio Grande.
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Sam Houston was elected the first president of the Republic of Texas in September 1836. http://texascrazy.net/product/first-republic-tx-flag-framed/first-republic-of-texas-flag-framed-m.jpg (Texas Flag) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Samuel_houston.jpg/220px-Samuel_houston.jpg (Sam Houston)
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In 1836 Fort Parker is raided by the Comanches, Kiowas, and Wichitas and almost everyone there is killed, the rest are kidnapped and bropught to the Comanche village area.
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President Andrew Jackson granted official recognition of Texas on March 3, 1837. http://www.txindependence.org/sources.php?action=view&id=164&type=type&title=Maps&&typeId=7&ru=c291cmNlcy5waHA/YWN0aW9uPWJ5VHlwZSZ0eXBlPXR5cGUmdHlwZUlkPTc=
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In 1838 Mirabeau Lamar was elected as the second president of the Republic of Texas.
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Comanche are supposed to return all prisoners but only bring one back who says there are 13 others, the Comanche negotiaters are then held hostage until the 13 others are brought.
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The White Men defeat the Comanche pushing them farther west.
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Texian currency plunges to its lowest value of two cents in gold or silver to ever American dollar.
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An expedition to try and capture Santa Fe begins but ends in an epic fail and being forced to trek to Mexico City by a Mexican Army detachment and then imprisoned. Most die on the way there or at the prison.
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Sam Houston tries to move offical Texas archives from Austin to Houston but on the way the party moving them is attacked by some vigilantes and they are returned to Austin.
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The prisoners of the Mier Expedition are forced to draw black and white beans of a pot; the 17 that draw black are executed.
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Anson Jones elected as the final president of the Republic of Texas.
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More than 5000 Germans move to Texas inbetween October of 1845 and April 1846. http://www.txindependence.org/sources.php?action=view&id=5&type=type&title=Clothing&&typeId=2&ru=c291cmNlcy5waHA/YWN0aW9uPWJ5VHlwZSZ0eXBlPXR5cGUmdHlwZUlkPTI=
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James K. Polk signs Joint Resolution for the Admission of the State of Texas Into the Union http://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/22111/aa00300_0001.jpg?sequence=2
