https://padlet.com/24tvo4/232epo1jgazr Really Cool en-us 2020-01-13 23:34:12 UTC 2025-08-10 19:43:45 UTC hello@padlet.com 24tvo4 https://padlet.com/24tvo4/232epo1jgazr/wish/431075300 Mexico allowed Stephen Austin to lead settlers into Texas. Mexico hoped Americans would help develop the area and control Indian attacks.]]> 2020-01-13 23:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/24tvo4/232epo1jgazr/wish/431075300 24tvo4 https://padlet.com/24tvo4/232epo1jgazr/wish/431075469 In return for land, Austin and the original settlers agreed to become citizens of Mexico and worship in the Roman Catholic Church]]> 2020-01-13 23:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/24tvo4/232epo1jgazr/wish/431075469 24tvo4 https://padlet.com/24tvo4/232epo1jgazr/wish/431076472 Mexico forbade any more Americans to move to Texas. Mexico feared that the Americans wanted to make Texas part of the United States.]]> 2020-01-13 23:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/24tvo4/232epo1jgazr/wish/431076472 24tvo4 https://padlet.com/24tvo4/232epo1jgazr/wish/431083805 Mexico made Texans obey Mexican laws that they had ignored for years. These included the law requiring Texas to worship in the Catholic Church and a law banning slavery in Texas.]]> 2020-01-14 00:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/24tvo4/232epo1jgazr/wish/431083805 24tvo4 https://padlet.com/24tvo4/232epo1jgazr/wish/431084678 Texas forced Mexican troops to withdraw from the towns of Gonzales and San Antonio.]]> 2020-01-14 00:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/24tvo4/232epo1jgazr/wish/431084678 24tvo4 https://padlet.com/24tvo4/232epo1jgazr/wish/431085072 Mexican troops attacked the Texans at the Alamo. All 183 Texan defenders of the mission were killed. This included William Travis, Davy Crockett, and Jim Bowie.]]> 2020-01-14 00:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/24tvo4/232epo1jgazr/wish/431085072 24tvo4 https://padlet.com/24tvo4/232epo1jgazr/wish/431085262 Texans declared independence and set up a new nation called the Republic of Texas. They appointed Sam Houston commander of the army.]]> 2020-01-14 00:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/24tvo4/232epo1jgazr/wish/431085262 24tvo4 https://padlet.com/24tvo4/232epo1jgazr/wish/431085512 Sam Houston captured Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. Houston forced the general to sign a treaty granting Texas its independence. Sam Houston became the first president of Texas (Lone Star Republic).]]> 2020-01-14 00:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/24tvo4/232epo1jgazr/wish/431085512