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Stephen Austin
Stephen Austin- 1821, led the first of several groups of American settlers to fertile area “as good in every respect as man could wish for, land first rate, plenty of timber, fine water- beautifully rolling” along the Brazas River. -
Land Grants
Land Grants- 1821,1823,1824-, was offered by Mexico to agents who were called empresarios a gift of public ;and to individual or organization -
The Old 300
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. Moses Austin was the original empresario of the Old Three Hundred and was succeeded by his son, Stephen F. Austin, after -
Indian Removal Act
Indian Removal Act Congress passes a law to move Native Americans from the Southeast to the west of the Mississippi River. -
Mexican Imports
Mexico's efforts to seal borders and raise imports 1830; locked sufficent troops to police its borders well -
Texas Revolution
The Texas Revolution began when colonists in the Mexican province of Texas rebelled against the increasingly centralist Mexican government. -
Battle Of The Alamo
The Battle Of The Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States), killing all of the Texian defenders -
The Republic Of Texas
The Republic of Texas was an independent sovereign country in North America that existed from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846. -
The 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. -
Texas Enters Union
Texas enters the Union on Dec. 29, 1845. On this day in 1845, six months after the Congress of the Republic of Texas voted for annexation by the United States, Texas was admitted into the Union as the 28th state.
