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decline of the Mission system
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Sephen F Austin
Stephen F. Austin led the first of several groups of
American settlers to a fertile area along the Brazos River. However,Austin’s plans didn’t work out as well as he had hoped; 12 years later, he put into a Mexican prison by Santa-Annsa and. After his release, Austin spoke about the impending crisis between Texas and Mexico. This later led to what would be known as the Texas revolution. -
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Land Grants
In this timespan, the newly stated Mexican goverment had been giving out cheap land grants. The rules were that they had to become mexican citizens, and be roman catholic -
santa anna imprisons Austin
Santa anna suspends the mexican constitution, and imprisons austin -
mexico seals borders
Mexico closed its doors to the American people, stopping them from completing trade with many business opportunities in Mexico -
The Alamo
The Americans had been pushed back to an abandoned mission fort, and they waited for the Mexicans only to be killed entirely. -
texas independence
Houston became president of the Republic of Texas. -
New guy in charge (Mexico)
Santa Anna was ousted as Mexico’s
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the long marcher
Stephen Kearny marches
from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, across
the desert to Santa Fe, New Mexico. -
The republic of California
California gains independence