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to encourage settelment, Spanish government offers large tracts of land to empresarios
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Mexico gains independence from Spain. Texas now is a part of Mexico
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Slave owners became angry when Mexico ended slavery, but Austin persuaded the guvernment to let the slave owners keep their slaves.
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The population swelled to about 25,000, with americans outnumbering the tejanos, six to one
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Austin went to mexico city to present a list of requested reforms to mexican officials. The most urgent request was that Texas become a self governing state within Mexico. Austin was then jailed for a year.
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Santa Anna's troops surrounded San Antonio. The next day they began their seige of the Alamo. It went on for 13 days.
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Texans met to see what to do about Santa Anna's troops.
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Texans surprised Santa Anna with this battle, and later went on to win the battle. At the end of this battle Santa Anna was captured and forced him to sign a treaty giving them their freedom.
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Texans raised the flag of the independent state of Texas
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The texas governmant asked congress to add Texas to the annex, or join, Texas to the Union. Congress voted against annexation.
