settling texas- mexico emerged bankrupt from the war against spain. mexico encouraged settlers to create their own militias for protection against hostile indian tribes. texas was very sparsely populated and in the hope that an influx of settlers could control the indian raids. the gov liberalized imigration policies for the region. first group was called the old 300. arrived in 1822 to settle empreserial grant that had been given to stephen F austin. the mexican born settlers in texas were soon vastly outnumbered by people born in the united states. this scared the mexican government
reasons- chap land for the americans. new frontier. weak country, doubted too many laws because they wanted the settlers there for protection from the hostile indians.
mexicans were getting scared of th texans there. the texas settlers didnt comply and a few years later, they outnumbered the mexicans 4-1 and had almost as many slaves as they had people.
2 major conflicts- battle of alamo- texas lost everyone. lasted 13 days, travis, crocket, santa ana, austin, bowie were the famous people
san jacinto- texas won, 18 minute battle, sneak attack by texas when they were sleeping, famous: santa ana and sam houston.
republic of texas- results of texas revo- 1836- 1845. mexico will try to regain texas but fails every time.
also known as texas war of independence started on october 2, 1835. resulted in establishment of the republic of texas and final battle on april 21, 1836. conflicts between these two continued into the 1840's.
2 paragraphs on which person was most important in texas gaining its independence.
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