In 1845, the ___ is dissolved when Texas becomes the twenty-eighth state in the Union. 4. In 1835, At the Battle of San Jacinto, a group of Texas rebels under the leadership of ___ surprises and defeats a larger force of Mexicans, capturing the Mexican leader Santa Anna.: In 1835, At the Battle of San Jacinto, a group of

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