Roxy's Texas History Timeline 15-16

By Roxy_
  • Period: Jan 1, 1490 to

    Texas History

  • Period: Jan 1, 1492 to

    Age Of Contact

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Italian who sailed for Spain. Claims San Salvodor for Spain,returnes many btimes but treated his people cvruel so he got banned from the new world.
  • Sep 24, 1519

    Cortez

    Spanish consquistador who landed in Mexico and rconquered the Aztecs also renamed ithe capital New Mexico city
  • Sep 25, 1519

    Pineda

    Spanish esplorer who mapped ther coast of Texas.
  • Sep 25, 1527

    Cabaza de vaca

    Ship wrecked neasr Galveston.Met and started living the Karankawa.Returned to Mexico with good stories and treasures.
  • Sep 25, 1540

    Coronado

    sent to capture cibola.Splits up his group and they discover the Grand Canyon and Palo Duro.
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    Spanish Colonial

  • San Antonio

    San Antonio was established as a midway point between Mexico and the East Texas missions.Spain realized that presidio and missions alone would not do.They also needed settlers.Mission San Antonio De Valero would become known as the alamo.

  • Adama-Onis Treaty

    spain/US: spain gets TX, U.S.got florida,NGNuetral Ground
    (NG)
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    Mesxican National

  • Cry of Delores

    Father Hidalgo called a revolution and he was killed.
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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 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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    Contempary Texas