exploration and early colonization

  • 1519

    pineda maps the TX coast

    Pineda and his men were the first Europeans to explore and map the Gulf littoral.
  • 1537

    Cabeza de Vaca reports on TX

    He had a shipwrecked,him and his men were stranded off the coast of Texas. Only him and three others survived. Most died from illness, accidents, and attacks.
  • Spaniards Established the first TX mission

    Spanish created the Presidio of San Antonio de Béxar and the attached civil settlement.
  • La Salle established Ft. St. Louis

    French colonization begin with Fort Saint Louis in present-day and It was established in 1685
  • SA was found

    SA was found in 1718. When its first mission was established at San Pedro Springs.
  • East TX mission moved to SA

    The establishment of the presidio-mission complex at San Antonio . During 1730s and 1740s, the Spanish mission field spread from east Texas to San Antonio
  • Mission San Jose

    Mission San Jose was a Catholic mission in San Antonio.
  • Father Hidalgo's Speech

    He was a Catholic priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence.