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Battle of Gonzalez
The battle of Gonzalez was the first military engagement of the Texas revolution.The battle was near Gonzalez the Texian fought against the Mexican army -
Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. -
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Fedonian Rebellion
The Fedonian rebellion was the first attempt by Anglo settlers in Texas to secede from Mexico.The settlers were led by Haden Edwards, declared independence from Mexican Texas and created the Republic of Fredonia near Nacogdoches. -
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Mier y Teran Report
José Manuel Rafael Simeón de Mier y Terán, Mexican general, was born in Mexico City on February 18, 1789.and he was told to go to SanAntonio to look at what they are doing and make a report on how it was over there.He reached San Antonio on March 1, 1828 and got back to east Texas in january 16 1829 to bring back
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Law of April 6, 1830
Mier y Terán's recommendations were adopted in a series of laws passed on April 6, 1830 under President Anastasio Bustamante. The law was permanently banned and new slaves were no longer allowed in Texas ever again. -
Turtle bayou aresolution
In June 1832, a group of Anglo-American settlers staged a rebellion against Mexican rule in the town of Anahuac, near Galveston.William B. Travis, a newly arrived young lawyer from Alabama, led the opposition to Bradburn Mexican rule. -
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Capture of San Antonio
By 1835, tensions were high in Texas.Many of the settlers, in particular, the new ones who were flooding into Texas daily, wanted independence . Fighting broke out on October 2, 1835, when rebellious Texians opened fire on Mexican forces near the town of Gonzalez. -
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siege of the Alamo
The siege of the Alamo lasted thirteen days to finish.Mexican troops under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna entered San Antonio de Bexar, Texas and surrounded the Alamo Mission. -
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Runaway Scrape
The Runaway Scrape took place mainly between September 1835 and April 1836, and were the evacuations by Texas residents fleeing the Mexican Army of Operations during the Texas Revolution, from the Battle of the Alamo through the decisive Battle of San Jacinto. -
Massacre of Goliad
The Massacre of Goliad happened in march 27,1836.In 1836, following the Battle of Coleto; 425-445 prisoners of war from the Texian Army of the Republic of Texas were killed by the Mexican Army in the town of Goliad, Texas. Among those killed was commander Colonel James Fannin. -
battle of San Jacinto
was fought on April 21 1836 in present day at Harris county Texas was the decisive battle of the Texas Resolution. -
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Treaty of Velasco
The Treaties of Velasco were two documents signed at Velasco, Texas (now Surfside Beach, Texas) on May 14, 1836, between Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna of Mexico and the Republic of Texas, in the aftermath of the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836.
