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1823
Mexico passes the General Colonization Law, formally opening Texasto colonization. Presenting empresario grants to individuals, the hope is to encourage settlement and economic growth in the remote Mexican -
1824
The Mexican government adopts the Constitution of 1824.Texas and Coahuila are joined as a single Mexican state. -
1828
U.S was interest in Texas and Mier y Teran sent on a fact-finding mission to Texas by the Mexican
government. -
1830
The Mexican government enacts
the Law of April 6th. This law prohibits the immigration of any more
Americans into Texas,prohibits slaves from entering Texas from the U.S. -
1832
Texians convene in San Felipe de Austin for the Convention of 1832; they organize
municipalities and adopt a series of resolutions, the most controversial being a request for separate
statehood from Coahuila. -
1833
Delegates write a state constitution for Texas and send Stephen
F. Austin to Mexico City with a petition for statehood. Their
countrymen elect Santa Anna as the Federalist president of Mexico. -
1834
Santa Anna becomes dictator of Mexico, replacing the Federalist
government with a Centralist government and disregards the
Constitution of 1824. -
1835
The Permanent Council of Texas,acts decisively as it awaits a quorum for the
November Consultation at San Felipe: it creates a postal system, plans for the Navy, and requests a loan
from the United States. -
1836
William Fairfax Gray, a Virginia land agent who traveled to Texas in
1836 searching for land deals, recorded some of Texas' most historic moments in a diary. -
1836
The Fourth Convention is held at Washington-on-the-Brazos. It will
declare independence, write a constitution for the new Republic, and
elect an ad-interim government that controls Texas until regular
elections can be held in the fall. -
1836
Convention delegates sign the Texas Declaration of Independence. This document draws heavily on the Declaration written sixty years earlier by Thomas Jefferson. -
1836
Sam Houston defeats Stephen F. Austin to become the
first regularly elected President of Texas. He works to demilitarize
Texas, establish peace with the Indians, and annex Texas to the United States. -
1837
The Republic of Texas is officially recognized by the United States, and later by France, England, the Netherlands and Belgium. -
1838
After serving as Sam Houston's vice president, Mirabeau Lamar
succeeds Houston as President of the Republic of Texas. -
1839
The Republic of Texas had a new flag.
