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After
A
Failed Attempt
By
France
To
Colonize Texas
In
The
Late 17th Century
Spain Developed
A
Plan
To
Settle
The
Region
On
Its Southern Edge
Along
The
Medina
And
Nueces Rivers
Spanish Texas Was Bordered By
The
Province Of Coahuila
On
The
East
Texas Bordered Louisiana. Following
The
Louisiana Purchase Of 1803
The
United States Also Claimed
The
Land West Of
The
Sabine River
All
The
Way
To
The Rio Grande. From 1812
To
1813 Anti-Spanish Republicans
And
U.S
Filibusters Rebelled Against
The
Spanish Empire
In
What
Is
Known Today As
The
Guti�rrez�Magee Expedition During
The
Mexican War Of Independence
They Won Battles
In
The
Beginning
And
Captured Many Texas Cities From
The
Spanish That Led To
A
Declaration Of Independence Of
The
State Of Texas
As
Part Of
The
Mexican Republic
On
April 17
1813
The
New Texas Government
And
Army Met Their Doom
In
The
Battle Of Medina
In
August 1813
20 Miles South Of San Antonio
Where 1,300 Of
The
1,400 Rebel Army Were Killed
In
Battle Or Executed Shortly Afterwards
By
Royalist Soldiers
It
Was
The
Deadliest Single Battle
In
Texas History
300 Republican Government Officials
In
San Antonio Were Captured
And
Executed By
The
Spanish Royalists Shortly After
The
Battle
What
Is
Significant Is
A
Spanish Royalist Lieutenant Named Antonio L�pez De Santa Anna Fought
In
This Battle
And
Followed His Superiors' Orders
To
Take No Prisoners
Another Interesting Note
Is
Two Founding Fathers Of
The
Republic Of Texas
And
Future Signers Of
The
Texas Declaration Of Independence
In
1836
Jos� Antonio Navarro
And
Jos� Francisco Ruiz
Took Part
In
The
Guti�rrez�Magee Expedition. Although
The
United States Officially Renounced That Claim
As
Part Of
The
Transcontinental Treaty With Spain
In
1819,[Note 1] Many Americans Continued
To
Believe That Texas Should Belong
To
Their Nation
And
Over
The
Next Decade
The
United States Made Several Offers
To
Purchase
The
Region
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By mid-November
the
Germans had nearly taken Stalingrad
in
bitter street fighting
the
Soviets began their second winter counter-offensive
starting with
an
encirclement of German forces
at
Stalingrad
and
an
assault
on
the
Rzhev salient near Moscow
though
the
latter failed disastrously
by
early February 1943
the
German Army had taken tremendous losses; German troops
at
Stalingrad had been forced
to
surrender
and
the
front-line had been pushed back beyond its position before
the
summer offensive
in
mid-February
after
the
Soviet push had tapered off
the
Germans launched another attack
on
Kharkov
creating
a
salient
in
their front line around
the
Soviet city of Kursk; Morgan's Point
County government
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A tall stone column
which widens as
it
meets
the
base
a
large rectangular building with no windows.
. From
the
8th century
the
bow
and
arrow appeared
in
the
region
manufacture of pottery developed
and
Native Americans increasingly depended
on
bison
for
survival
Obsidian objects found
in
various Texan sites attest of trade with cultures
in
present-day Mexico and
the
Rocky Mountains
as
the
material
is
not found locally, (119) 5.38
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Flag Great Seal Monuments Motto Anthem Bird World Heritage Sites. .
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