Gone To Texas/Lone Star Rebellion

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