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Mexico gains independence from Spain. Steven Austin enters Texas to obtain land grants.
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Agustí de Iturbide overthrown. Colonization Law put into effect allowing immigrants to move to Mexican frontier region from the United States.
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Constitution formed after the overthrow of Iturbide.
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Mexico emancipates slaves but this information is withheld from Texas settlements until exceptions can be obtained.
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Law of April 6, 1830 halts immigration from the United States into Mexico.
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Minor skirmishes and rebellions begin happening all over the Mexican frontier.
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Anglos express opposition to government centralization in the Turtle Bayou Resolutions
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Santa Anna's centralizing program reduces Congress's power
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Texians capture Goliad. Battle of Gonzales. Ben Milam leads a force to take San Antonio.
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Sam Houston works to get the new republic on its feet
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Santa Anna marches into Texas. Siege of the Alamo (February 23-March 6). Texas declares independence (March 1-March 2). Massacre at Goliad (March 27). Battle of San Jacinto (April 21). Treaty of Velasco (May 14).
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Trouble starts with the native peoples. Lamar begins driving them from the land.
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Texas is on the verge of joining the United States.
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United States annexes Texas
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The United States goes to war with Mexico over arguably valid reasons. U.S. takes the opportunity to expand. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo cedes Mexican northwest territory to U.S..
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Miners moving west in search of gold cause towns to grow.
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Parker's band of Comanche are the last of the Native peoples to leave for the newly established "Indian Territories".
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