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Alvaro Pineda maps the coast of Texas and the Gulf of Mexico -
Mexico gains Independence from Spain. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla gave a speech to inspire the Mexican to revolt against Mexico, known as the "Grito de Dolores."
Texas Revolution -
Texian war for independence from Mexico. Texian army led by Sam Houston fought against a better trained and larger Mexican army led by Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
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Texas annexed into the United States and became the 28th state.
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Texas secedes from the United States and joins the Confederate States of America
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War between the North and the South. Texas participated on the side of the south. The Union will win the War