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Texas won the Texas Revolution also known as War of Texas Independence. After Texas became its own country.
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Sam Houston was elected first president of Texas.
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Mirabeau B. Lamar was elected second president after Sam Houston.
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James K. Polk made Texas become part of the United States and stayed as president.
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Later Anson Jones was elected fourth president after Sam Houston was elected again in 1841.
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Jose Antonio Navarro was part of the writing of the state constitution. Writing the state constitution was a very important job.
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Since Texas became its own country, they had to pay there own bills and they owed quit a lot of money which was big problem and challenge because Texas did not have all of that money.
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President James K. Polk has one main goal, he wanted to take control of the land.
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Congress passed a resolution or decision, for Texas to become a state.
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Moving a land to another land, which in are case is moving the republic of Texas to the United States.
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Later the United States declared war on Mexico since American forces stationed in Texas were attacked by Mexican military.
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The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was named for the village where it was signed. When that was signed they made the Rio Grande become the Southern border of Texas.
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Leaders from Mexico and the United States signed a treaty to end the war.
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When the immigrants arrived to Texas within a short time there were academies, religious schools, and even colleges in Texas.
