To encourage additional settlement, just before independence the Spanish commandant general in Monterrey gave an American family, the Austins, permission to move about 300 American Catholic families to Texas (Mexican American War (Causes)). ... The Americans living in Texas decided to seek independence and declared Texas as the Lone Star Republic. ... In a private treaty he agreed to encourage the Mexican cabinet to accept a Texas delegation in order to recognize and validate the independence of Texas (Mexican-American War). This victory secured Texas' independence from Mexico. ...

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