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Who were famous adventurers to Texas?
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Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie.
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By 1835, what was the approximate number of Texan Americans?
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Thirty Thousand
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Under what circumstances was Stephen Austin granted land?
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He was to bring into Texas 300 American families, immigrants were to be the established Roman Catholic faith, and they were to become properly Mexicanized upon settlement.
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What was the popular slang term for the acronym G.T.T.?
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Gone to Texas
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In what year did the Texans declare their independence?
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1836
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What significant event happened in 1835?
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Mexican dictator Santa Anna wiped out all local rights and started to raise an army to supress the upstart Texans, brought by Stephen Austin.
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Who was the commander in chief of Texas?
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Sam Houston
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Why did the North oppose Texas petitioning for annexation?
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They thought it was a scheme by the Southerners to bring new slave friends into the Union.
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What happened at the Alamo?
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Santa's Anna's armies wiped out the American stations at the fort.
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At what historic event did Davy Crockett die?
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The Alamo
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