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The spanish allow Moses Austin to make a colony in Tejas.
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Moses Austin dies. His son decides to chase his fathers dream. He was going to find a colony in Texas.
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Mexico Outlaws slavery which makes slave owners very mad. They wanted to maintain slavery so they could grow cotton.
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The colony grew to 25,000 people in 1830.
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Austin went to Mexico City to propose a list to the government mostly saying that texas wanted to be an independent self- governing state within mexico. Santa anna heard of the letter and Austin said if his meets werent met he would rebel!
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Santa anna placed Austin in jail... furious texans were ready to attack! Santa anna sent troops over to Gonzales to seize a cannon. The texans hung a flag over it that said " Come and get it ". The texans defended and won!
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Santa anna attacks San antonio. After 12 voilent days, mexico has provailed.
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Texans met at a settlement called Washington on the Brazos. They discussed on what to do about Santa Annas troops.
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A small force was led to fight off Santas army which was lead by James Fannin.
