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Secures empresarial grant and "Old Three Hundred" Americans settle Texas.
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any more immigration into Texas by settlers from the United States.
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begins at the Battle of Gonzales.
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Texans are defeated by the Mexican army at the Battle of the Alamo, but Sam Houston defeats Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto.
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Texas is admitted to the Union on December 29 as the 28th state to the Union.
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Disputes over the claim to Texas land results in the Mexican-American War.
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African American slaves in Texas are emancipated on Juneteenth.
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The United States government passes an ordinance to nullify the actions of the Confederate States secession on March 15, followed by a proclamation of peace between the U.S and Texas on August 20, 1866
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Texas Constitution is adopted. Texas was at times a part of the United States of Mexico, an independent republic, a state within the Confederate States of America, and a state within the United States of America
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Oil is discovered in Corsicana, Texas. In the summer of 1894, town leaders of Corsicana, Texas, hired a contractor to drill a water well on 12th Street, but the driller found oil instead.