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U.S. Declaration of Inderpendence
A statement adopted by the Continental Congress, the 13 colonies claimed themself as independent. -
French Revolution Begins
The storming of the Bastille on July 14th 1789. -
Mexican Idependence
When Mexico became a free country.Fathr Miguek Hidalgo y Costilla's Grito de Dolores, or "cry of delores" -
Panic of 1819
U.S citizen James Long and a samll force invade Texas,only to be defeated by Spanish forces. -
The "Old Three Hundred" Colony
The name Old Three Hundred is sometimes used to refer to the settlers who received land grants in Stephen F. Austin's first colony. In January 1821 Austin's father, Moses Austin, had received a permit from the Spanish to settle 300 families in Texas, but he died in Missouri a short time later before he could realize his plans. -
Imperial Colonization Law
The government of the eastern division of the Provincias Internas granted a permit to Moses Austin to settle 300 families in Texas. -
Constitution of 1824
The Constitution of 1824, the first of the newly independent Republic of Mexico, was the document under which DeWitt Colonists were invited to emigrate to the Republic, was the one under which they assumed they were protected and the one they swore to defend. -
Coahulia y Texas
By the Constitution of 1824 the Mexican provinces of Nuevo León, Coahuila, and Texas were united as one state.. A constituent congress was elected and assembled at Saltilloqv in August 1824, and a provisional governor was named for the state