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The delegates chose David Burnet as provisional president and confirmed Sam Houston as the commander in chief of all Texan forces. The Texans also adopted a constitution that protected the free practice of slavery, which had been prohibited by Mexican law. InMoses Austin, a U. Land was granted, but Austin died soon thereafter, so his son, Stephen F. Austin, took over the project.

InMexico gained independence from Spain, and Austin negotiated a contract with the new Mexican government that allowed him to lead some families to the Brazos River. Under the terms of the agreement, the settlers were to be Catholics, but Austin mainly brought Protestants from the southern United States.

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Other U. Ina conflict between Mexican and American settlers led to the Fredonian Rebellion, and in the Mexican government took measures to stop the influx of Americans. InAustin, who sought statehood for Texas in the Mexican federation, was imprisoned after calling on settlers to declare it without the consent of the Mexican congress. He was released in InSanta Anna, a soldier and politician, became dictator of Mexico and sought to crush rebellions in Texas and other areas.

The Mexicans were routed in what is regarded as the first battle of the Texas Revolution. The American settlers set up a provisional state government, and a Texan army under Sam Houston won a series of minor battles in the fall of In December, Texas volunteers commanded by Ben Milam drove Mexican troops out of San Antonio and settled in around the Alamo, a mission compound adapted to military purposes around On February 2, Bowie and his 30 or so men were ed by a small cavalry company under Colonel William Travis, bringing the total of Alamo defenders to about One week later, the frontiersman Davy Crockett arrived in command of 14 Tennessee Mounted Volunteers.

On February 23, Santa Anna and some 3, Mexican troops besieged the Alamo, and the former mission was bombarded with cannon and rifle fire for 12 days.

I shall never surrender or retreat…. Victory or Death! In the early morning of March 6, Santa Anna ordered his troops to storm the Alamo.

Santa Anna had ordered that no prisoners be taken, and all the Texan and American defenders were killed in brutal hand-to-hand fighting. The only survivors of the Alamo were a handful of civilians, mostly women and children.

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Texas sought annexation by the United States, but both Mexico and antislavery forces in the United States opposed its admission into the Union. InTexas ed the Union as the 28th state, leading to the outbreak of the Mexican-American War. In Decemberafter successfully negotiating the asteroid belt and a distance of million miles, Pioneer 10 reached The U. Theodor Geisel, better known to the world as Dr. On March 1, U. The Japanese were attempting to Located about 1, miles southeast of Florida—and less than half that distance from the coast of South The plan included suspension of the U.

up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. It was the first time that a professional basketball player had scored points in a single contest; the record, A comic On March 1,a train stops in a tunnel near Salerno, Italy, and more than people on board suffocate and die.

Occurring in the midst of World War II, the details of this incident were not revealed at the time and remain somewhat murky. Train left Salerno The Jones Act, the last gasp of the Prohibition, is passed by Congress. Since when the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect, the United States had banned the production, importation and sale of alcoholic beverages.

But the laws were ineffective at actually stopping the On March 1,in Dearborn, Michigan, the Ford Motor Company celebrates the production of its 1 millionth Mustang, a white convertible. After two Live TV. This Day In History.

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