https://padlet.com/21juceda_solorzano/5wngwvur5fcj en-us 2017-01-22 22:41:45 UTC 2023-03-06 10:15:15 UTC hello@padlet.com 21juceda_solorzano https://padlet.com/21juceda_solorzano/5wngwvur5fcj/wish/148600318  Mexico forbade any more Americans to move to Texas.  Mexico feared that the Americans wanted to make Texas part of the United States.   ]]> 2017-01-22 22:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/21juceda_solorzano/5wngwvur5fcj/wish/148600318 21juceda_solorzano https://padlet.com/21juceda_solorzano/5wngwvur5fcj/wish/148600375  Texans declared independence and set up a new nation called the Republic of Texas.  They appointed Sam Houston commander of the army]]> 2017-01-22 22:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/21juceda_solorzano/5wngwvur5fcj/wish/148600375 21juceda_solorzano https://padlet.com/21juceda_solorzano/5wngwvur5fcj/wish/148600389  Mexico made Texans obey Mexican laws that they had ignored for years.  These included the law requiring Texans to worship in the Catholic Church and a law banning slavery in Texas.   ]]> 2017-01-22 22:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/21juceda_solorzano/5wngwvur5fcj/wish/148600389 21juceda_solorzano https://padlet.com/21juceda_solorzano/5wngwvur5fcj/wish/148600450  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.   ]]> 2017-01-22 22:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/21juceda_solorzano/5wngwvur5fcj/wish/148600450 21juceda_solorzano https://padlet.com/21juceda_solorzano/5wngwvur5fcj/wish/148600475  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 (The Lone Star Republic). ]]> 2017-01-22 22:54:21 UTC https://padlet.com/21juceda_solorzano/5wngwvur5fcj/wish/148600475 21juceda_solorzano https://padlet.com/21juceda_solorzano/5wngwvur5fcj/wish/148600530  Texans forced Mexican troops to withdraw from the towns of Gonzales and San Antonio.   ]]> 2017-01-22 22:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/21juceda_solorzano/5wngwvur5fcj/wish/148600530 21juceda_solorzano https://padlet.com/21juceda_solorzano/5wngwvur5fcj/wish/148600581 Mexico allowed Stephen Austin to lead settlers into Texas.  Mexico hoped Americans would help develop the area and control Indian attacks. ]]> 2017-01-22 22:56:44 UTC https://padlet.com/21juceda_solorzano/5wngwvur5fcj/wish/148600581 21juceda_solorzano https://padlet.com/21juceda_solorzano/5wngwvur5fcj/wish/148602257 In return for land, Austin and the original settlers agreed to become citizens of Mexico and worship in the Roman Catholic Church.]]> 2017-01-22 23:37:15 UTC https://padlet.com/21juceda_solorzano/5wngwvur5fcj/wish/148602257