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The United States signed the Treaty of Hopewell with the Cherokee people.
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The Cotton Gin is invented.
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Revolutions in Latin America.
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Cherokee develop their own form of a Constitution.
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Mexico gains independence from Spain.
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Sequoya develops a written alphabet for the Cherokee people.
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Massive amounts of people move to Texas to grow cotton and settle herds.
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Mexican President Vicente Guerrero outlawed slavery.
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The Dahlonega Gold Rush begins.
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200,000 people and 1,000 enslaved people are in Texas at this point.
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Mexican President Anastasio Bustamante extends the anti-slavery laws to Texas and threatens military occupation if the rules are ignored
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Andrew Jackson asks Congress for the Indian Removal Act
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General Santa Anna became President and was known to be incredibly passionate in his opposition to slavery.
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Santa Anna declared himself dictator.
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Southerners realized their were few opportunities to add new slave states.
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Texans declared independence and began a revolution.
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Texas becomes and independent country.
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Texas asked to be annexed.