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This battle saw the first casualties in relations between Texas and Mexico.
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The convention of 1833 was another attempt by Texans at reforms and they also drafted a constitution patterned after those in the US
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Stephaen F. Austin as a representative of the convention of 1833 was arrested without specific charges
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1835 on October 2, the battle of Gonzales is waged by Texas' refusal to turn over a cannon to Mexican forces. This is the origin of the "Come and Take It" flag. The war of TX independence begins.
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Former Tennessee congressman David Crockett arrives with volunteers to defend the Alamo.
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Travis is elected commander of the enlisted army forces at the Alamo, while Jim Bowie leads the volunteers.
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The Mexican Army of Operations under Santa Anna reaches San Antonio. Texan forces retreat inside the Alamo.
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Twenty-two men from Gonzales join the Alamo.
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Delegates at Washington-on-the-Brazos approve the Texas Declaration of Independence. Navarro, with his uncle, Francisco Ruiz, signs the declaration. The two men stay to serve on a committee to draft the republic's new constitution.
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Upon receiving news that Fannin will not send reinforcements, Travis gives the soldiers the opportunity to stay and fight or leave. All stay except a Frenchman named Louis or Moses Rose.
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A bloody Mexican attack on the Alamo begins before dawn, and the Mexican forces slaughter all inside except for the women, children, and Travis' slave, Joe. Mexican losses number around 600.
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Mexicans capture a Texan force retreating from Goliad, led by James W. Fannin, near Coleto Creek.
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Santa Anna orders the execution of Fannin and 350 men at Goliad.
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The Texan army defeats and captures Santa Anna at San Jacinto, and secures independence for Texas. Sam Houston shouts the Alamo call as he routs Santa Anna in the battle of San Jacinto
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Santa Anna signs the Treaty of Velasco. It ceases hostilities and withdraws Mexican troops south of the Rio Grande.
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Texans approve their new Constitution of the Republic of Texas. Sam Houston is elected president. Sam Houston selected Houston as the capital of Texas which was located near the Buffalo Bayou.
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Many of the Texans wanted Texas to become annexed because they came from the US and they wanted its protection. However, the US refused to allow Texas to be a part of US because they did not want to damage relations with Mexico and they thought it would tip the balance of power to the slave states in the Senate.
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Mirabeau Lamar opposed annexation to the US because he believed Texas would be a powerful and independent nation that would reach the Pacific Ocean. He contributed a lot to the education of Texas and was later known as "Father of Education in Texas".
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The capital of Houston was a temporary spot until they decided that the permanent capital would be located on the Colorado River near the village of Waterloo, which excited Lamar because he wanted to expand Texas settlement westward. He named the capital Austin, in honor of Stephen F. Austin.
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The Council House Fight was a conflict that happened between the Texans and the Comanches in which the Comanches wanted to stay in their homeland while the Texans wanted the captives of the Comanches back. The Texans and Comanches fought and 7 Texans and 35 Comanches died, ending the chance for peace between them.
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Lamar sent an expedition to Santa Fe to control the region and open trade with New Mexico. Unfortunately, many people died on the way there due to heat, lack of water and food, attacks by Native Americans, and they also encountered a Mexican army detachment and surrendered.
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A Mexican army invaded Texas, so Sam Houston tried to move the archives to Houston. Opposing this because they thought he was trying to move the capital, some residents of Austin had a skirmish with government officials, causing the archives to stay in Austin.
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Houston sent 750 soldiers to search the area from San Antonio to Laredo in search of signs of the Mexican army's presence. They went down to Mier and attacked the city but were defeated and captured.
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Anson Jones became the fourth and final president of the Republic of Texas. When US offered annexation, he called a special session and came to a conclusion that they will be annexed.
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Congress proposed a joint resolution stating that Texas can be annexed under certain circumstances. Texas decided to be annexed and denied Mexico proposal which states that if Texas did not annex, they would be recognized as independent.
