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the spaniards decided to offer large tracks of land to emperios- people who agreed to recruit settlers
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texas included a handful of americans and bout 3000 tejanos. most of the region belonged to the native americans-comanche, apache, and others
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moses austin convinced the spanish government to give him a huge tract of land along the branzo river. he established the first settlements along the branzo and colorado rivers.
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colonists on the branzo were using slaves to grow cotton when the mexicans prohibited slavery. they wanted to have the same say in government as in the U.S. but the mexicans said one word: No.
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more than five times as many angalos, or U.S. settlers, occupied the texas territory than the natives tejanos.
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it was the first blood shed in the texas revolution over a cannon that we were gonna use aginst the mexicans.
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stephen f. austin traveled to mexico city with a pention. the pention listed reforms or improvements demanded by both anglos and tejanos
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santa anna told his troops to take a cannon in a town and when they got there the texans were waiting and the hung a flag over the cannon defiantlty that said come and take it.
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the mexicans took over san antonio and drove the texans back
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hundreds of texan volunteers attacked san antonio and it was theirs once again
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tha famous battle of THE ALAMO took place on this day. it was a terrible loss but we fought to the very last man
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the battle of GOLIAD happened. commanders led texan forces away from the fort but they ran into the mexicans on a prarie. after a quick battle the texans surrendered and the mexicans took them prisoner. after a few weeks they started executing the prisoners many escaped but 350 fell before mexican firing squads.
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sam hudson decided to strike. he moved his forces to a prarie where the mexicans were settling down to take a nap. he ordered a charge and his forces charged forward yelling "REMEMBER THE ALAMO" and "REMEMBER GOLIAD".
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two treaties were signed making the border wheere the texans wanted it and ending the war
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sam hudson was elected prezident of the republic of texas
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texas became the 28 state to enter the union as a slave state
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power is permanately transferred from the republic of texas to the state of texas
