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Colonel Neill left the Alamo
Colonel Neill left the Alamo due to illness in his family and turned over command to Travis. -
First Mexican troops arrived
The first Mexican troops arrived prompting Travis to send a courier to Gonzales with a written message. -
Houston arrived at Washington-on-the-Brazos
Houston arrived at Washington-on-the-Brazos just as news of Santa Anna's siege of the Alamo reached the delegates assembling there and threatened to disrupt the convention. -
General Urrea's cavalry attacked Texians
General Urrea's cavalry advanced along the Gulf coast, attacked thirty-four Texians under Frank Johnson at San Patricio. -
Texas Declared Independence from Mexico
Texas wrote a declaration of independence which became the formal declaration of independence of Texas from Mexico. -
Sam Houston is named commandar in cheif of the entire Texas army
With only one negative vote, the delegates named Sam Houston commander in chief of the entire Texas army, volunteers and regulars alike. -
Texas Looses the battle at the Alamo
After 13 days of war Santa Anna and his troops reclaim the Alamo Mission. -
Sam Houston abandonded Gonzales
Sam Houston abandoned Gonzales to avoid the Mexican army. -
Texians reached Beason's Ferry
Texians reached Beason's Ferry on the east side of the Colorado. -
Talk of a new leader
By the time the army reached San Felipe many critics of the commander in chief openly insisted that his every step had been wrong and talk of choosing a new leader began to circulate. -
Santa Anna reaches San Felipe
Santa Anna reached San Felipe and learned that Houston was to the north at Groce's while the government was to the southeast at Harrisburg. -
Mexican scouts determined the location of the rebel army.
Mexican scouts saw the two cannon and determined the location of the rebel army. -
The Battle of San Jacinto
The Texas army defeats the troops of Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. -
General Santa Anna was captured
A search party brought in a prisoner whom other Mexicans saluted as "El Presidente". The Texians had captured General Santa Anna. -
Texas offically gets its independence
General Santa Anna signed the Velasco Treaties, which ended the revolution and officially gives Texas their independence. -
Houston reached New Orleans
Houston took passage on an American trading ship and reached New Orleans for medical treatment -
Date Texans would vote
Voters chose the first congress of the republic, unanimously endorsed the constitution written back in March, and overwhelmingly supported annexation to the United States. -
Sam Houston is named President of the Republic of Texas
Sam Houston Becomes the first president of Texas after it wins its independence from Mexico. -
Memucan Hunt formally proposed the annexation of Texas
Memucan Hunt formally proposed the annexation of Texas to the administration of Martin Van Buren. -
Mirabeau B. Lamar took office as the second president of the Republic of Texas
Mirabeau B. Lamar took office as the second president of the Republic of Texas but Sam Houston Ruined the occasion for him. -
Congress passed an act creating five-man commission to locate a site
Congress passed an act creating a five-man commission to locate a site "at some point between the rivers Trinity and Colorado and above the old San Antonio road." -
The Cherokees were attacked
The Cherokees left their town but were attacked at dusk as they moved north -
Penateka Comanche chiefs offered a peace treaty
Three Penateka Comache chiefs came into San Antonio and offered to negotiate a peace treaty. -
Lamar administration mounted an important offensive against the Wichita Indians.
The Lamar administration mounted an important offensive against the Wichita Indians in North Texas -
Santa Fe Expedition left Austin
The Santa Fe Expedition left Austin under the command of General Hugh McLeod, a West Point graduate who had served capably in the Cherokee War. -
The main party surrendered
The main party surrendered without resistance -
Commodore Moore left Galveston
To uphold this part of the agreement, Commodore Moore left Galveston with three ships just as Lamar's term ended. -
Edward Burleson took office
Vice president Edward Burleson who had defeated Memucan Hunt for that office took office. -
Texans demanded an attack on Mexico
Following the adjournment of congress many Texans still enraged over the treatment of the Santa Fe Expedition prisoners, demanded an attack on Mexico. -
General Adrian Woll and army captured San Antonio
A Mexican army under General Adrian Woll swept into Texas and captured San Antonio. -
Houston succeeded to the point of signing an armistice ending all fights
He succeeded to the point of signing an armistice ending all fighting, but further negotiations failed to produce a satisfactory treaty. -
Secretary of State Upshur died
Annexation negotiation suffered a temporary setback when Secretary of State Upshur died in the explosion of a new gun being demonstrated on the USS Princeton. -
The US Senate defeated the annexation treaty.
The United States Senate defeated the annexation treaty by a vote of 35 to 16. -
Houstons second term ended
Houston second term was to end and the constitution prohibited successive terms for the president -
References
Campbell, R.B. (2018). Gone to Texas. A History of the Lone Star State. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Shearer, E. (1961). Sam Houston and Religion. Tennessee Historical Quarterly, 20(1), 38-50. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/42621514 -
Members of the states new government met with the leaders
Members of the states new government met with the leaders of the republic in front of the capitol in Austin for a ceremony marking the completion of annexation