Revolution/Republic Timeline

  • Sam Houston takes command of Texas army

  • Fall of the Alamo

  • Battle of San Jacinto and Texas Independence

  • Treaty of Velasco

  • Sam Houston becomes Texas first President

  • President Jackson recognizes Republic of Texas

  • Mirabeau B. Lamar becomes second president of Texas

  • Martin Van Buren becomes U.S. President

  • Cordova Rebellion

  • Harrison wins U.S. election but dies and John Tyler becomes President

  • Webster-Ashburton Treaty 1842

    fix America and Canada/British boarders
  • Texas becomes an American State