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Colonization
Stephen Austan got a grant from mexico and then started colonizing the region of the Brazos River. -
Immigration
Mexico outlawed further Immigration by american settelers -
The Declaration of Independence
Texas officialy clamed its Independence from mexico by righting its own Declaration of Independence. -
The Alamo
after almost 13 days of fighting the final siege was made on a Catholic mission called the Alamo. Mexican forces un der the camand of general Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana," mexicos present leader," captured the Alamo and killed 188 Texan troops including Davy Crockett. leaving no survivors except for one person. -
San Jacinto
Texan rebels under the comand of Sam Huston defeted Mexican troops in the battle of San Jacinto and captured the mexican General/Leader Antonio Lopez De Santa Ana and receved their independence in exchange for his freedom. -
Statehood
James K. Polk sighned the legislation making Texas the 28th state.
