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Texas gains it's independence from Mexico and becomes the Republic of Texas.
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David Gouverneur Burnet becomes the interim President of the Republic of Texas for 7 months and 7 days.
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Commanches and other tribes attacked Fort Parker, killed almost all of the residents and took Cynthia Ann Parker captive.
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Samuel Houston is elected the first official President of the Republic of Texas.
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Andrew Jackson, the President of the United States at that time, officially recognized the Republic of Texas.
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After 5 provisional capitals (Washington-on-the-Brazos, Harrisburg, Galveston, Velasco and Columbia), Houston becomes the offical capital of the Republic of Texas until 1839, when it was moved to Austin.
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Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar is elected the second President of the Republic of Texas.
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Texas Rangers pursued the Mexican Manuel Flores and his band of Indians.
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Texan officials tried to take a Commanche peace delegation captive to get captive Texans returned. It did not work.
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The Texas Rangers tried to stop a huge Commanche war party from reaching the Llano Estacado with lots of stolen items.
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Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar sent men into the upper part of Texas to secure the Santa Fe Trail.
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Samuel Houston is reelected as the third President of the Republic of Texas.
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The Texas War was a conflict that occured when President Sam Houston attempted to move the political archives from Austin to Houston.
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The German Emigration Company, which brought around 7,000 German settelers to Texas by 1847, is formed.
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The Mier Expedition was a Texan military operation against Mexican border forces. It ended with the Black Bean Incident.
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Dr. Anson Jones is elected the fourth and final President of the Republic of Texas.
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The Republic of Texas is annexed by the United States as the 28th state.
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