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Stephen Austin Settles Texas
was an American empresario born in Virginia and raised in south eastern Missouri. -
Mexican Independence from Spain
and the culmination of a political and social process which ended the rule of Spain in the territory of New Spain. -
Texas Declares Independence
was the formal declaration of independence of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution -
Battle of the Alamo
Was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13 day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna -
Battle of San Jacinto
Was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution Led by General Sam Houston, the Texian Army engaged and defeaded General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's Mexican Army -
Texas Wins Its Independence
Began when colonists (primarily from the United States) in the Mexican province of Texas rebelled against the increasingly centralist Mexican government. -
Texas Annexation
Was the incorporation into the United States of America of the Republic of Texas, which was admitted to the Union as the 28th state -
Mexican-American War
Was an armed conflict between the United States and the Centralist Republic of Mexico (which became the 2nd Federal Republic of Mexico during the war) -
Gadsden Purchase
Is a 29,640 square mile region of present day southern Arizona and New Mexico that was purchased by the United States
