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stephen Austin 1821, led the first of several groups of american settelrs to a fertile area.
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Was offered to agents who were called empresariosa gift of public land to individual or organization
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Austin had issued 297 land grants to the group that later became known as texas old the hunnit
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lacked sufficient troop to police its borders well
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after Santa Anna revokes Local powers in texas & other mexican states several rebellions erupted, including
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Fight for getting texas from mexico. Americans who occupied the alamo was under seige fromthe mexican force led by Sants Anna Mexicans won
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Texas settlers attack mexican soldiers at president La Bahia. Texans win & force the soildrs to leave, so that gives Texans to take thousands of dollars worth of food plus other stuff
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led by Sam Houston, texas army defeats the troops of santa anna. The win is the victory that texas needs to finally gain its independence from Mexico
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Sam Houston becomes 1st president of texas after it wins independence from Mexico. also will be the 3rd president & later becomes governor when they get with the U.S.A
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The U.S annexes texas, makinit the nations 28th state
