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Timeline
1833
- Santa Anna becomes president of Mexico
1833
- Represents Nacogdoches at the convention at San
Felipe, sides with the radical independence movement
1833
- Nullification Crisis, South Carolina threatens to
secede from U.S.
1834
- Indian Territory founded (later Oklahoma)
September
1835 - Chairs a mass meeting in Nacogdoches calling
for a "consultation" to investigate issues
with Mexico
October
2, 1835 - Battle of Gonzales, first battle of the
Texas Revolution
October
6, 1835 - Named commander-in-chief by Nacogdoches
"Committee of Vigilance"
November
12, 1835 - Consultation names Houston major general
of the Texas army
February
1836 - Negotiates peace treaty with the Cherokee Indians
March
2, 1836 - Signs Texas Declaration of Independence
as delegate from Refugio
March
4, 1836 - Convention appoints Houston commander-in-chief,
authorizes him to organize Texas military forces
March
6, 1836- Fall of the Alamo
March
11, 1836 - Arrives in Gonzales to take command of
army, learns of the fall of the Alamo
March
13-April 20, 1836 - Retreat eastward, Runaway Scrape
April
21, 1836 - Battle of San Jacinto
September
5, 1836 - Elected president of Texas
October
22, 1836 - Sworn in as president
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