The new country emerged essentially bankrupt from the war against Spain
Mexico encouraged settlers to create therir own militias for protection against hostile Indian tribes
Texas was very sparsely poplulated and in the hope that an influx of settlers could control the Indian raids, the government liberalized immigration policies for the region
the first group of colonists, known as teh Old Three Hundred, had arrived in 1822 to settle an empresarial gran 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
cheap land for the Americans
new frontier
a weak country, doubted too many laws because they wanted the settlers there for protection from the hostile Indians
the property tax law, intended to exempt immigrants from paying taxes for ten years, was overturned, and tariffs were incearsed on goods shipped form teh US
Texas settlers had to comply with the federal Prohibition against slavery or face military intervention
the Texans settlers dindn't comply and a few years later, they outnumbered teh aMExicans four to one and had almost as many slave as they did people
The Battle of the Alamo
Texans died
lasted thirteen days
famous people ther
Travis, Crockett, Bowi, Austin, Santa Anna
the Battle of San Jacinto
Texans won
eighteen minute battle
sneak attack, couaght them sleeping
Famous people
Santa Anna, Houston
REpublic of Texas
Rebublic of TExas 1836-1845
Mexico will try to regain Texas but fails
The Texas REvolution, also known as the Texas War of Independence, was the military conflict between the government of Mexico and TExas colonists taht began October second 1835
REsulted in teh establishment of the Republic of Texas after the final battle on April 21, 1836
fonflicts between teh two nations continued into the 1840s, finallly being resolved with teh Mexican-American War of 1846 after the annexatopon of tExas to teh United States
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