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koby Texas history timeline 15-16

  • Period: Jan 1, 1490 to

    texas history

  • Period: Jan 1, 1492 to

    the age of contact

  • Oct 12, 1492

    christopher columbus

    italian who sailed for spain. october12,1492, columbus lands on san salvador. claimed the territory for spain. returened several times. was arrested and banned from the new world.
  • Jan 1, 1519

    cotez

    spanish conquistador who landed in mexico in 1519. met and conquered the aztecs. renamed thier capital new mexico city. would be capital of new spain
  • Jan 1, 1519

    pineda

    spanish explor who mapped the comast of texas in 1519
  • Jan 1, 1527

    cabeza devaca

    shipwrecked near galveston in 1527. malhado met and lived with the karankawqa. retured to mexico years later with stories of good land and treasures coro sent to capture cibola splits up grand canyon paloduro canyon follows turk to quivira
  • Jan 1, 1540

    coronado

    coronado spanish , 1540 was sent to find cibola. first see palo duro and grand canyon, ex plored much of the texas panhandel
  • lasalle

    french sailed all the way from canada down the mississippi river to the gulf of mexico. he called the area louisinana. 1685 he landed in texas. bulit ft st louis the fort failed and lasalle was killed by his men
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    spanish colanial

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    meican national

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    revolution and republic

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    early statehood

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    cotton,cattle,and rail road

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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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    civil rights and conservatism

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    contemporary texas