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Fort Parker was raided by the Comanche Indians, who took the daughter of the Parker family, Cynthia Ann Parker.
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Sam Houston was elected the first president of The Republic of Texas.
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On this day, the United States, Britain, Spain, the Dutch, and France officially recognized Texas as its own nation.
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Mirabeu B. Lamar, Sam Houston's previous Vice-President, is elected President when Sam Houston cannot be re-elected.
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The Congress of Texas meets in Austin for the first time to discuss Austin being Texas' capital.
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The Council of Texas was attacked by Comanche Indians, causing a small skirmish.
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The Comanches, led by Buffalo Hump, attacked the Texans at Plum Creek.
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People go on an expedition to try and set up trade with Santa Fe, but they are captured by a Mexican detatchment and taken to Mexico.
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After Mirabeau B. Lamar's term ends, Sam Houston is re-elected by the people of Texas.
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Germans that heard about life in Texas and moved there in hopes of a better life.
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A Mexican force of over 500 invaded Texas and held San Antonio briefly, but were forced back to the Rio Grande.
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The last Texan raid in the area south of the Nueces River failed and they were captured by Mexicans.
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They were moving the archives, but it was attacked and replaced.
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Prisoners of the Mexicans made prisoners draw froma jar of white and black beans and the ones that drew the black ones were killed.
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After Sam Houston's second term ended, the people of Texas decided to elect a new president, Anson Jones.
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On this day, the process of Texas becoming a state finally ended, making Texas the 28th state of the Union.
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