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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
Christopher Columbus
Italian. who sailed For Spain.
Oct. 12, 1492 , lands on San Salvador
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Jan 1, 1519
Pineada
Spanish explorer who mapped the coast of Texas in 1519. -
Jan 1, 1519
Cortez
Conquistador who landed in Mexico in 1519
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Jan 1, 1527
Cabeza de Vaca
Ship wreaked near Galveston in 1527.
Met and lived with the Karankawa.
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Jan 1, 1540
Coronado
Spanish, 1540 was sent to Find Cibola
First-to see Palo Duo and Grand canyon
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Lasalle
French, sailed all the way from Canada down the Missipi river to the Gulf of Mexico.
He called the area Louisiana.
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Spanish Colonial
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San Antonio
In 1718 they built Presidio San Antonio de Béxar on the west side of the waterway. An official named Martín de Alarcón (day ah•lar•KOHN) oversaw the work. This settlement was the basis for the modern city of San Antonio.(http://connected.mcgraw-hill.com) -
Cry of Delores
A priest in the farming village of Dolores issued a grito, or call, for a rebellion against Spanish authorities. Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla cared deeply about the hardworking people of his village and wanted better opportunities for them. His call for an uprising against the Spanish marked the beginning of the Mexican War of Independence.
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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 Recronstruction
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Civil War and Reconstruction
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Age of Oil
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Great Depression and World War ll
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Civil Rights and Conservatism
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Contemporary Texas