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Who founded the Texas Rangers?
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By 1823, American-born settlers in what was then the Mexican territory of Texas were dissatisfied with the government’s militia, who they didn’t see as sufficiently patrolling the area. This led Stephen F. Austin — one of the most prominent of these settlers — to supplement the militia with ten men he paid out of his own pocket. During the Texas Revolution of 1836, this organization, known as the Texas Rangers, would become an official arm of the provisional government.
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Who founded the Texas Rangers?
- Jim Bowie
- Davy Crockett
- Sam Houston
- Stephen F. Austin
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