Revolution/Republic Timeline 1836-1845

By deniserodriguez@letu.edu
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    Battle of the Alamo

  • Texas declares independence

    David G. Burnet - named interim first president
    Lorenzo de Zavala - named interim vice president

  • Goliad massacre

  • Houston and his troops get the "Twin Sisters"

  • Battle of San Jacinto

  • Santa Ana captured

  • Interim President Burnet and cabinet members reach San Jacinto

  • Treaty of Velasco signed

  • Sam Houston elected as President of the Republic of Texas

  • Santa Anna leaves Columbia for Washington

    Santa Anna wanted to meet with President Jackson to urge Texas' annexation and then return to Mexico a free man.

  • Rio Grande established as Texas southwest boundary

  • Stephen F. Austin dies from pneumonia

  • James Pinckney Henderson appointed as minister to Great Britian and France

    Intent was to gain recognition

  • Memucan Hunt formally proposes the annexation of Texas

  • General Land Office opened

  • President Jackson nominates Alcée La Branche of Louisiana as chargé d’affaires to Texas

  • President Houston asks Hunt to withdraw annexation request

  • Mirabeau B. Lamar becomes second President of the Republic of Texas

    David G. Burnet - vice president

  • French government grants recognition to Texas

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    Battle of the Neches

  • Texas capital relocated to Waterloo (later known as Austin)

  • Council House Fight

    Penateka chiefs meet with Texas Commissioners to negotiate a peace treaty. The meeting ended unsuccessfully with 35 Comanches killed and 27 captured
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    Santa Fe Expedition

  • Sam Houston becomes president for a 2nd term

    Edward Burleson - vice president

  • General Adrian Woll captures San Antonio

    Initiated the Sommervell and Mier Expedition

  • General Woll retreats and heads back to Mexico

  • Bureau of Indian Affairs created

  • President Houston signs armistice ending fighting

  • Battle near Walnut Creek between Texas Rangers and Comanches

  • Treaty Council at Tehuacana Creek

  • Texas approves annexation to U.S.

  • President Polk signed Texas Admission Act

  • Citation

    Campbell, R. B. (2018). Gone to Texas: A history of the lone star state. Oxford University Press.