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How did Austin become the capital of Texas? A cannon got in the way of Houston's effort
After white settlers took control of parts of the Texas territory and broke away from Mexico in the 1830s, leaders of the ... and an ideal location for the capital due to its access to water ...
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Map: From Coast to Coast
By 1830, there were more than 2 million slaves ... As the country expanded westward to Kansas and Nebraska, Texas, New Mexico and California, pushing out Native Americans and Mexicans, the ...