Ch. 13 Immigration, Expansion, & Sectional Conflict, 1840-48, pg 373-399 Chapter Lead-in, pg 373 Jose Antonio Navarro, credited as founder of Texas and widely recognized ? San Antonio native, signed Dec of Independence from Mexico in 1836 ? became member of Congress for Republic of Texas, created Texas state constitution after annexation in 1845 ? proud to be Mexican, but referred to as anglicized Mexican for affiliations with anglos like: Tejano ? the find as a native Texan of Mexican descent James Bowie, who married Navarro?s niece and died at the Alamo Stephen F. Austin ?Mexicanized Anglo? ? born in Virginia, moved to Missouri in 1798 to what was then Spanish territory, then moved to TX to assist in settling American families there