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“texas’s old three hundred”
was 297 people (families, or business partners) who purchased 300 acres of land. this was finished by stephen austin after his father died and left the plan for him -
land grants
to prevent border violations from thieves and to protect the natives the mexicans offered a lot of land grants to agents who were called empresarios -
austin in texas
stephen F. Austin, established a colony between the brazos and the colorado river in 1824 -
Stephen Austin
was born in Virginia and raised in Missouri
he led the second successful colonization of missouri by bringing 300 families to the region in 1825. -
come to texas
mexico sealed the boarders and taxed imports heavily -
battle of almo
in 1835 the texans attacked they drove the mexicans away from the almo -
texas joins the union
exas declared themselves part of the union -
lone star rebpublic
santa annas troops executed 300 rebels at golidad -
houston becomes president
fter they defeated santa anna the people made sam houston the president of the Republic of texas