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Period: Jan 1, 1490 to
Plain Old Texas History
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Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
Age of Conduct
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Sep 21, 1492
Columbus
Columbus lands on San Salvador.Claimed the territory.Returned several times.Was arrested and was banned. -
Sep 25, 1519
Cortez
met and conquered the aztecs.Named their capital Mexico City.Which would later be New Spain. -
Sep 25, 1519
Pineda
Mapped the coast of Texas -
Sep 25, 1527
Cabeza de Vaca
Shipwrecked near Gavelstone.Met and lived with the karankawa. -
Sep 25, 1540
Coronado
Go find and capture ciabola.Was sent to ciabola.First to see grand canyon,and explored much of the panhandle. -
La Salle
Sailed from Canada down too the Missisippi river ,to the Gulf of Mexico.Called it Louisiana.Built Ft.St Louis.His fort failed and his men killed him -
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Spanish Colonial
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San Antonio
Because that was the feasts day of St. Anthony of Padua. -
Battle of Medina
The purpose was to gain freedom -
Adams-Onis Treaty
It prevented the U.S from claiming Texas as their own. -
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Mexican National
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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 Depression and World War 2
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Revolution and Republic
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Civil Rights and Conservitism
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Contemparary Texas