Texas Independence

  • Tensions between Mexico and Texas

    People in Mexico were angry that people in Texas were coming over. They also went to war due to slavery.
  • Battle of Gonzales

    The first military engagement of the Texas Revolution.
  • Battle of Goliad

    It was the second skirmish of the Texas Revolution. Texas settlers attacked the Mexican army soldiers at Presidio La Bahia.
  • The Alamo

    It was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Mexican troops launched an attack on the Alamo Mission in Texas killing all Texas defenders.
  • Declared Independence

    A convention of American Texans meet at Washington- on- the- Brazos and declare independence of Texas from Mexico.
  • Republic of Texas

    It was an independent sovereign country in North America bordered by Mexico.
  • Battle of Jacinto

    It was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. The Texas army defeated the Mexican army in just 18 minutes in Harris- county Texas.
  • Treaty of Velasco

    This was two documents signed after the Battle of San Jacinto between Antonio López de Santa Anna of Mexico and the Republic of Texas.
  • Texan Annexation

    The incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the US, which was admitted to the union as the 28th state.