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Period: Jan 1, 1490 to
Texas History
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Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
Age of contact
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Oct 12, 1492
Cristopher Columbus
Arrived in the new world
he was italian
he claimed the territory for spain -
Jan 1, 1519
Cortez
spanish conqistadornnwho landed in Mexico in 1519, met and conquered th Aztecs. Renamed their capital of new spain. -
Jan 1, 1519
Piñeda
spain explorer who mapped the coast of texas in 1519. -
Jan 1, 1519
pinñeda
spain explprer who mapped the coast of Texas in 1519. -
Jan 1, 1527
Cabeza De Vaca
shipwrecked near galveston in 1527. Malhonado met and lived with the karankawa returned to Mexico years later with stories of good land and treasures. -
Jan 1, 1540
Coronado
Sanish 1540, was sent to find cibola.First see palo duro an grand canyons, eexplored much of the Texas panhandle. -
Lasalle
French sailed all the way from canada.
The fort failed and la salle was killed ny his men.
1685 he landed in .Texas -
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Spanish colonial
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Mexican National
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Revolution and Republic
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Early Statehood
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Cotton, Cattle, and railroads
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Civil War and Reconstruction
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Age of oil
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Great Deppresion nd Conservatism
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Temporary Texas