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10 Cards in this Set
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Moses Austin |
Moses Austin played a large part in the development of the American lead industry and was the father of Stephen F. Austin, a leading American settler of Texas. |
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Stephen Austin |
Took over for his father and started the republic of Texas. Had to work closely with the Mexican government and follow certain rules. |
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William Travis |
Leader of the small force of volunteers who defended the Alamo. Said " I shall never surrender or retreat." |
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Sam Houston |
Put in charge of the Texas army during the Texas revolution and later became the president of the Republic of Texas. |
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Zachary Taylor |
General that invaded Mexico from the North during the Mexican American War. |
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Stephen Kearny |
Capture Mexico and California. Didn't have to fire a shot. Sent a small force to NM California. |
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The Alamo |
The Alamo Mission in San Antonio, commonly called the Alamo, and originally known as the Mission San Antonio de Valero, is part of the San Antonio Missions UNESCO World Heritage Site in San Antonio, Texas. |
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Bear Flag Revolt |
The California Republic was a short-lived, unrecognized state that, for a few weeks in 1846, militarily controlled the area to the north of the San Francisco Bay in the present-day state of California. |
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Gadsden Purchase |
The Gadsden Purchase is a 29,640-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by theUnited States in a treaty signed on December 30, 1853 by James Gadsden who was the American ambassador to Mexico at that time. |
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Mexican Cession |
The Mexican Cession of 1848 is a historical name in the United States for the region of the modern day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, but had not been part of the areas east of the Rio Grande which had been claimed by the Republic, though the Texas ... |
