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Period: Sep 26, 1400 to
Texas History 14-15
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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
He was planning to find a new route to Asia. But he hit the United States instead. And found new land that would cause many deaths. -
Apr 26, 1519
Hernan Cortes
He hopes to come to the americas and expand spains empire.Also he is the most qualified. He invaded the Aztec empire in mexico -
Sep 26, 1519
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
He was supposed to sail from Florida to Mexico and he saw the texas coastline. -
Sep 26, 1528
cabeza de vaca
Cabeza de vaca is shipwrecked in galveston bay. -
Sep 29, 1539
Frey Marcos
He led a fake expidetion to The Seven Cities . He said the buildings were made of gold ,but they were not. -
Sep 29, 1541
coronado
He led an expedition across northern Texas. -
Sep 29, 1542
De soto-Moscosso
Expidetion reached east Texas across northorn Texas -
Corpus Christi de la Ysleda
spain establishes the first permanent european settlment in Texas. -
La Salle
First European expisition that navigated the missisipi river south to the Gulf of Mexico. -
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american indapendence
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american independence
got independence from great britain -
mexican independence
mexico wins its independence -
alamo
texas had the battle of the alamo -
independence
texas had thier own decloration of independence -
alamo 2
final day of battle at the alamo -
san jacinto
the battle of san jacinto -
union
texas enters the union -
treaty of hidalgo
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed on Feb 02, 1848 -
abraham lincoln
abraham lincoln avoids assasination -
fort sumter
the battle of fort sumter -
emancimation proclamation
abrahm lincoln signed the emancimation proclamation -
assasination
abrahm lincoln was shot -
palmito ranch
the battle of palmito ranch -
railroad
Transcontinental railroad completed on May 10, 1869. -
hurricane
The Hurricane of 1900 made landfall on September 8, 1900, in the city of Galveston -
spindletop
On January 10, 1901, an enormous geyser of oil exploded from a drilling site at Spindletop Hill -
war war I
On April 6, 1917, the United States Congress declared war upon the German Empire -
stocks
stock market crash -
pearl harbor
attack on pearl harbor by the japanese -
bombing
atomic bombing on hiroshima and nagasaki -
john f. kennedy
president john f. kennedy is shot -
veitnam
the first veitnam troops arrive in veitnam -
barbara jordan
