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Period: Sep 24, 1400 to
Texas History
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Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
Age of Contact
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Oct 1, 1492
Columbus Sights a New World
Christopher Columbus Sailed the Atlantic Ocean and landed on several lands in the Carribean Sea. -
Feb 1, 1519
Cortes Lands in the Mexico
Hernan Cortes landed on the eastern coast of Mexico. The Azteces thought he was a god named Quetzalcoatl. And he quickly took advantage -
Mar 1, 1519
Alvarez de Pineda Explores Texas
Alonso came to be the first European to see the Texas coast. He drew the coast as he sailed -
Nov 1, 1528
Shipwrecked in Texas
Cabeza De Vaca didn't plan to land in Texas but after a storm they shipwrecked. They landed on Galveston. -
Apr 27, 1539
Fray Marcos leads a new expedition
Fray Marcos headed to northward from culican shortly after he landed on Cobilo -
Sep 29, 1539
Moscoso Explores East Texas
De Soto landed on Florida and headed toward Texas. He died but Moscoco took over and explored a liite of texas then went back. -
Jul 7, 1540
Coronado is Dissiponted
Cornado had found Cibola and after all of that Cibola was not a gold city -
Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
Spain established the first perment European settlement in Texas. -
La Salle
La Salle led the first European expidition that navigated the Missippi River south to the gulf -
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Reveloution
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American Revelotion
The 13 American colinies win there indepence from Great
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Mexican Revelotion
Mexico wins its Indepence from Spain. -
Alamo Siege
Santa Anna arrived at the Alamo and was reaady to fight. -
Texas Declaration of Independence
Texas declared its indendence from Mexico. -
Santa Anna Attacks
Santa Anna launched an attack on the Alamo. -
Battle of San Jacinto
The Battle of San Jacinto that basically stated that Texas was free. -
Texas enters the Union
Texas becomes the 28th state in the United States. -
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed by the U.S.A and the Mexican Repubilc in sign of peace and friendship. -
Texas Voters Ratify Secession
Texas voters ratifed secession. -
Confederates open fire on the Union
Confederate Forces open fire in the Union. -
Free Slaves!
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation to free slaves. -
Lincoln Assinated
John Wilkes Booth kills President Lincoln. -
The Battle of Palmito Ranch
The Battle of Palmito Ranch took place. -
Railroad
The first transcontinental railroad is completed -
Hurricane
A massive hurrican hit Galveston -
Spindletop
An enormous geyser of oil exploded from a drilling site at Spindletop Hill, a mound created by an underground salt deposit located near Beaumont ,Texas. -
War World 1
The United States declared war against Germany. -
Stock Market Crash
The Stock Market crashed. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. -
Atomic Bomb
U.S. droped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. -
Kennedy Killed
JFK was shot and killed in Dallas TX -
U.S. Troops
The first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam as 3500 Marines land at China Beach to defend the American air base at Da Nang. They join 23,000 American military advisors already in Vietnam -
Barbra Jordan
She was the first black woman elected to the Texas state senate and the first black Texan in Congress. -
Martin Luther King shot
Martin Luther King was shot and killed -
President Nixon
President Nixon resigned from his presidency
