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Jan 1, 1400
Age of Exploration begins
1 - God glory and gold.
2 - A faster route to Asia.
3 - Spain.
4 - It is Spanish for conqueror.
5 - Hernan Cortes. -
Jan 1, 1519
Pineda maps Texas coast
His route was from the Gulf of Mexico to Mexico and his mission was to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean -
Jan 1, 1527
Cabeza de Vaca
1 - Karankawa
2 - Disease
3 - They thought it hinted to lots of wealth and Cibola. -
Jan 1, 1540
Coronado sets out for Cibola
1 - Seven cities supposedly made out of gold
2 - Because Cabeza de Vacas story made him think that
3 - Yes kind of, but it wasn't made of gold or riches
4 -Palo Duro canyon and Llano Estacado -
La Salle lands in Texas
1 - France
2 - The Mississippi river -
Fort saint Louis
1 - Near Arenosa creek and matagorda bay
2 - La Salle
3 - Indian attacks and disease
4 - A mutiny by his own men -
Marques de rubi inspects texas
1 - To inspect presidios
2 - King charles iii
3 - He wanted spain to reorganize the presidios and to help wipe out the lipan apache -
Mission San Francisco
1 - To convert Indians to Catholicism
2 - Priests
3 - Spain
4 - Christianity and Catholicism
5 - No
6 - It was kind of forced on the people in them and they didn't like that
7 - Presidios -
Phillip nolan expedition
1 - A person who wants to make texas or mexico independent
2 - Jean Lafitte and Francisco Hidalgo
3 - A pirate from france who worked with jim bowie -
Louisiana purchase
1 - It deteriorated even further
2 - France, spain and britain -
Moses Austin asks for colony
1 - Baron de bastrop convinced spain to give him land
2 - He became ill during the trip and died shortly after he came home -
Mexico gains independence
1 - Spain
2 - The constitution of 1824 reaffirmed previous rights and also gave equal rights to all races
3 - Couhiala -
Stephen f austin makes a colony
1 - Someone who is allowed to settle on mexican land
2 - Near the brazos and colorado rivers
3 - All citizens had to be working catholics
3 - Farmers and pioneers
4 - Indian attacks and disease
5 - Haden Edwards and Samuel May Williams -
Fredonian rebellion
1 - To secede from mexico
2 - The haden brothers grant was made forfeit
3 - Most of the rebels fled and military wss strengthened in the area -
Mier y teran report
1 - To inspect texas
2 - Because of the fredonian rebellion
3 - Encourage more spanish settlement and increase mexican trade -
Law lf april 6 1830
1 - No more us immigration, suspended unfilled empresario contracts, encouraged mexicans to settle in texas, didnt allow new slaves, and taxed all u.s imports -
Convention of 1833
1 - To petition to mexico to change or rethink the law of april 6 1830
2 - Stephen f austin -
Stephen f austin arrested
1 - Mexico thouht he was conspiring a rebellion
2 - Being peaceful with mexico -
Battle of gonzales
1 - Because mexico tried to take their cannon
2 - The texans
3 - "Come and take it" -
Siege of bexar
1 - Where you surround a city or fort and cut off supplies
2 - Mexico
3 - Texas -
Runaway scrape
1 - East into louisiana
2 - To flee texas before the mexican army could catch up to and kill the texans
3 - They thought he was a coward -
Convention of 1836
1 - Texas Declaration lf independence and William Travis' letter -
The alamo falls
1 - Davy crockett, jim bowie, william travis
2 - Around 259 defendeds, and around 2000 mexican troops
3 - So everyone didnt die early on in the war
4 - Mexico -
Goliad massacre
1 - Battle of Coleto
2 - Santa anna
3 - 300 -
Battle of San Jacinto
1 - Remember the alamo and remember goliad
2 - Texans had around 9 killed, and the mexicans had like 2000 killed
3 - Ran away and tried to escape to mexico by disquising as a private
4 - Texas