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Texas's old three hundred
The Old Three Hundred were the 297 grantees, made up of families and some partnerships of unmarried men, who purchased 307 parcels of land from Stephen Fuller Austin and established a colony that encompassed an area that ran from the Gulf of Mexico on the south, to near present-day Brenham in Washington County, Texas, Navasota in Grimes County, and La Grange in Fayette County. -
Stephen F. Austin
Stephen Fuller Austin was born in Austinville, VA., November 3, 1793, he died December 27, 1863. He was known as the father of Texas. He was very good at perswading people to come too Texas. Under the terms of a special act in 1824 and additional contracts in 1825, 1827, and 1828--all granted by the newly independent Mexican government--the colonizer was responsible for the settlement of more than 1,200 American families in Mexican Texas. -
Mexico’s efforts to seal borders and raise taxes on imports
The Law of April 6, 1830 was issued because of the General Mier y Terán Report. The Law of April 6, 1830 angered many Mexicans, Tejanos, and Anglos alike in Texas. This decree placed a severe halt on American immigration to Mexico. The Texans wanted the 1824 General Colonization Law (Constitution of 1824) to be restored. -
Texas revolution
October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) began when colonists (primarily from the United States) in the Mexican province of Texas rebelled against the increasingly centralist Mexican government. After a decade of political and cultural clashes between the Mexican government and the increasingly large population of American settlers in Texas, hostilities erupted in October 1835. -
The battle of the Alamo
The Alamo was a major event in the texas revolution. It was battled in San Antonio, Texas. -
land grants
A land grant of public land, especially to an institution, organization, or to particular groups of people. The history of land grants is a long one. Mexico is trying to give land grants too people who want to live their. The earliest grant was made by the Spanish crown to establish a mission and presidio in East Texas in 1716. -
The Goliad massacure
The Goliad massacure was like another Alamo. It was the killing of Republic of Texa soldier-prisoners and their commander, James Fannin, during the Texas Revolution by the Mexican Army under orders from General and President of Mexico Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Despite the protests for clemency by General José de Urrea, the massacre was reluctantly carried out by Lt. Colonel José Nicolás de la Portilla. -
Battle of San Jacinto
The Battle of San Jacinto, fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day Harris County, Texas, was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texian Army engaged and defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican army in a fight that lasted just 18 minutes. -
Texas joins the union
When Polk entered the White House he proceeded to encourage Texas to accept the Tyler offer. The Lone Star Republic ratified the treaty with popular approval from Texans. The bill was signed by United States President Polk on December 29, 1845, accepting Texas as the 28th state of the Union. -
Huston becomes president
sam Huston was the govoner of two states. He was the presedent of republic of Texas, US senitor. He was a millitary hero. He was born in Lexington, Va. he was reared in Tennessee by his widowed mother.
