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The 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. Moses Austin was the original empresario of the Old Three Hundred and was succeeded by his son, Stephen F. Austin, after -
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 -
Mexico tries to seal borders
Mexico's efforts to seal borders and raise imports 1830; locked sufficent troops to police its borders well -
Indian Removal Act
Indian Removal Act Congress passes a law to move Native Americans from the Southeast to the west of the Mississippi River -
Texas Resolution
Texas Revolution; 1833; after Santa Anna revoked local powers in texas and ither mexican states -
Texas army defeats Santa Anna
Led by Sam Houston, Texas army defeats the troops of Santa Anna, The win is the victory that Texas needs to finally gain its independence from Mexico -
Battle of Alamo
fight for getting Texas from Mexico. Americans who occupied the Alamo was under seige from the Mexican force led by Santa Anna Mexicans won October 9,10, 1835 -
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. -
2nd Skirmish of the Texas Revolution
rebellious Texas settlers attacked the Mexican Army soldiers garrisoned at Presdio La Bahia. After 400 texans surrendered at the battle, General Santa Anna orders them to exacuate. The killings outraged texans rally even more for their independence April 21, 1836 -
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.
