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Sam Houston was elected president of Texas after the war.
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Mirabeau B. Lamar was elected vice president of Texas after the war.
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Texas now had their own president, governor, and congressmen.
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Sam Houston was in favor of annexation which means he wanted the U.S. to take them into their country.
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Texas won the war against Mexico and became its own country.
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Anson Jones was president of Texas.
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James K. Polk was president of the U.S. when Houston was in favor of annexation. Polk signed the official papers.
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Texas moved to the U.S. because of their issues such as debts and slavery.
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Jose Antonio Navarro was the only Tejano who took part in writing the State Constitution.
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Immigrants started "cluttering" Texas.
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When the immigrants arrived in Texas, they had to learn a new language, new trades, and they had to learn how to farm in their new homes.
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The U.S. congress approved the Texas Constitution. Texas became the 28th state of the of the U.S.
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The U.S. wanted to expand their land. They offered $30 million to Mexico for land. Mexico rejected the money. They still were not okay that Texas moved out of their country. So they had another war and Texas won the land that they wanted from Mexico. The war was over.
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The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was named for the village where it was signed.
