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Moses Austin secured empresarial grant, and "Old Three Hundred" Americans settle Texas -
On October 2, 1835, Texas Revolution began at the Battle of Gonzalez -
The Mexican army defeated Texans at the Battle of the Alamo, but Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. Texas gained independence on March 2, 1836. -
On January 1, 1839, Austin became the capital of Texas. The name honors the legacy of Stephen F. Austin. -
Texas was admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th State to the Union. -
Disputes over claim to Texas land results in the Mexican-American War. -
Texas ceded a large portion of Texas-claimed territory in return for federal assumption of Texas's public debt. -
The American Civil War led Texas to secede from the Union and join the Confederate States of America. Texas declared its secession from the United States on February 1, 1861. -
African American slaves in Texas are emancipated on Juneteenth (June 19, 1865). -
On February 15, 1876, the Texas Constitution was adopted. The Constitution of 1876 was the sixth revision of the document and established the foundation for the law still in effect in Texas today. -
On September 8, 1900, the Hurricane devastated Galveston and other areas prompting Galveston to establish a city commission to aid in speedy reconstruction. This local government structure would be widely adopted by other cities both in and out of Texas.