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Louisiana Purchace is made
The louisiana purchace was one of the biggest land purchaces in the U.S. history. It gave the U.S. a bunch of land that we despretly needed. -
Stephen F. Austin settles in Texas
Stephen F. Austin first settled in Texas in 1821. He was a great usage to our Texas military and he later became one of the greatest men in Texas's history. -
Texas's Declaration of Indipendence is adopted
The texas decloration of indipendence was adopted by the U.S. and it made Texas look very good and well organized for a nation to adopt a states decloration. It has now been adopted over 400 times. -
Sam Houston President of Texas
Sam Houston became the president of Texas in 1841. He was a great genrel for Texas and he is now known to be one of Texas's greatest men of all time. -
Texas becomes 28 state
Texas became the 28 state of the U.S. in 1845. It later though dropped and joined the confederacy. -
Texas goes to war with mexico
The first time texas went to war with mexico was in 1846. Texas ended up winning that war fairly easily. -
Construction of first railroad in Texas
The first railroad was built i Texas in 1851. It was a major use for Texans. They mainly transported gods and produce. -
Civil War Begins
The civil war begins in 1861 between the confederacy and the union. The union was the country that wanted to do away with slavery while the confederacy was the oposite. -
Sam Houston dies
Sam houston died in 1863. it was a sad day for Texas because he was the greatest men ever known to texas. -
U.S. goes to war with Mexico
The U.S. war with mexico wasnt that big in 1863. It only lasted a couple of days and mexico won -
Lincoln signs emancipaion proclimation
In 1864 when lincold signed the Emancipation Proclimation it made all slaves equal to white men and made all segragation illegal. -
Slaves are emancipated
The slaves are finally freed by the emancipation proclimation signed by president LIncoln. -
Battle of Palmito Ranch
The battle of palmito ranch was the last battle of the civil war even the civil war had offically been over. it just took a long time for them to get the word out because they didnt have cell phones or computers like we do now. -
Slavery is abolished
Slavery was abolished in 1865 and it freed all slaves and made them egual to every man even though they were still treated horrible. -
The Bureau of refuges
This ended segregation in texas and made all blacks equal to white men. -
Cattle drives begin in Texas
In 1866 the first cattle drives began in Texas. this transpoted many cattle to different towns that needed cattle for milk meet and other supplies. -
Texas is readmited to the U.S.
Texas was readmited to the U.S. in 1870. They were the first state to be readmited after the civil war -
Reconstruction ends in Texas
Reconstruction in texas was the repairing in texas after the civil war and made all slaves equal to white men. -
Texas state capitol building burns
The texas first capitol building is burned. no one knows how it burned down to this day. -
Texas state capitol is complete
The second state capitol building is complete. it is now currently larger than the white house in washington D.C. -
Mexico declares war on Texas
Mexico declares war on texas for the third time. this time texas won by a landslide. -
Texas goes to war with mexico
Texas got tired of mexico declaring war on them so they decided to go to war with them for the last time to try and finish them off. -
Texas ratifies 19 ammendment
Texas ratified the nintheenth ammendment so they could get back into the United States of america. -
U.S. enters Gulf War
Texas entered the gulf war with many countries. no one offically won the war they all just signed a treety.
