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Jose Gutierrez, follower of Miguel Hidalgo,
and Agustus Magee, former U.S. soldier,
organized the Republic of the north and
proclaimed Texas independent of Spain.
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Leader of the Mexican Republican Army of
the North and opposed Spanish rule
Joined Agustus Magee and his men which
became known as the Gutierrez-Magee
Expedition
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Mexico declares Independence from Spain
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Anglo colonization in Texas begins
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A filibuster from the U.S. that was sent to
Texas with Spanish approval but Spain was
suspicious of the U.S. taking control of Texas
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Dr. James Long led a group from Mississippi
to Nacogdoches where he declared Texas
independent from Spain. While looking for
military support, he was captured, taken to
Mexico City and shot.
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Merger stated in the Mexican Federal
Constitution of 1824
Texas was not organized as a separate
Mexican state, but merged with Coahulia as a
Mexican state.
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Mexican priest who wrote a speech called the
Gritos de Delores, calling for Mexican
Independence from Spain.
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Written after Mexico became independent
from Spain
Mexico was called the United Mexican
States, and was defined as a representative
federal republic, with Catholicism as the
official religion
Created the state of Coahuila y Tejas,
merging the two provinces
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Fought August 18, 1813 along the Medina
River south of San Antonio between the
republican forces of the Gutierrrez-Magee
Expedition and the Spanish royalist army
The Republican army lost miserably but it
encouraged other s to participate in the
revolution
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Glaveston Pirate who attacked Spanish ships
1821- colonists could bring slaves to Texas and
buy land depending on the number of slave
brought
 1823- The sale or purchase of slaves was
forbidden in Texas
 1827- the legislature of Coahuila y Tejas
outlawed the introduction of additional slaves
and grated freedom at birth to all children born
to a slave
 1829- Mexico abolishes slavery, but grants
exception to Texas
 1830- importation of slaves were illegal in Texas
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