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On December 29, 1845 Texas came into the United States as a slave state. One of the major things wrong with this was that differences in America over the issue of slavery and igniting the Mexican-American War.

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The Battle lasted less that 20 minutes, it was important because it sealed the fate of the three republic. The United States would go on to acquire not only the Republic of Texas in 1845 but Mexican lands to the west after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican War in 1848.

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The Alamo was a former mission that was used at a fort and was able to stand for 13 days. It was then used as a sign of heroism and bravery.

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What made this battle so important was that it was the first shot fired in the war. They were going to take the cannon from that fire because the relationships he fell through and are no longer reliable.

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Sam Houston was the newly appointed commander and chief of the army. Sam did not like the Texans and his actions were to retreat to them due to the lack of troops.

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Mexico Welcomes Large Numbers of Anglo-American immigrants

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Mexico Welcomes Large Numbers of Anglo-American immigrants

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The Mexican government let the Americans in so that they would settle their land and keep it under the Mexican government. The Mexican government had just a few rules about how to adjust and live on Mexican land, they did not follow any of the rules.