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In 1828 when Andrew Jackson was elected president, he made the promise to expand the United States westward.
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The Mexican government abolished slavery in Texas of 1829.
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The Removal Act was when the Indians were guaranteed lands in the west, but that promise was broken later on.
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Although Mexico didn't allow any more immigrants to come over in 1830, the population was still increasing. Why? American slaveowners forced their slaves, who were newly freed, to sign a life indenture contract.
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Texas earned their independence in April of 1836, after a surprise attack on Mexico at the San Jacinto River with Mex
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