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Land Offer
to encourage settelment, Spanish government offers large tracts of land to empresarios -
Independence
Mexico gains independence from Spain. Texas now is a part of Mexico -
Slavery
Slave owners became angry when Mexico ended slavery, but Austin persuaded the guvernment to let the slave owners keep their slaves. -
Outnumbered
The population swelled to about 25,000, with americans outnumbering the tejanos, six to one -
Request for self government
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. -
Come and get it
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Seige of The Alamo
Santa Anna's troops surrounded San Antonio. The next day they began their seige of the Alamo. It went on for 13 days. -
Washington-on-the-Brazos
Texans met to see what to do about Santa Anna's troops. -
Battle at San Jacinto
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. -
Lone Star Republic
Texans raised the flag of the independent state of Texas -
Annexation Of Texas
The texas governmant asked congress to add Texas to the annex, or join, Texas to the Union. Congress voted against annexation.
