Texas history timeline

By Jaa3255
  • Jan 1, 1400

    Age of exploration begins

    The reasons people were exploring were for God gold and glory.
    Columbus was looking for a better and quicker route to Asia but failed.
    The main exploring countries were England, Spain, France, and Europe
    A conquistador is a explorer.
    Hernandez Cortez tore down Tenochtitlan
  • Jan 1, 1519

    Pineda maps Texas coast

    Pineda started in Jamaica and Went along the gulf coast. His accomplishments were to make a map of the route to Texas and succeeded.
  • Nov 6, 1528

    Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecks

    Cabeza De Vaca was taken by the Karankawas.
    Disease killed many native Americans and explorers
    People thought that the story was amazing and it became famous.
  • Jan 1, 1548

    Coronado sets out for Cibola

    Cibola are seven cities of "gold"
    Cabeza De Vaca got back and wrote a book saying that height have seen cibola. Coronado went because of De Vacas book.
    Coronado didn't find the cibola
  • La Salle lands in Texas

    France began challenging Spain for Texas
    La salle discovered the Mississippi River delta.
  • Fort St. Louis founded

    For at. Louis is located at Garcitas Creek.
    La salle founded the ft. St. Louis.
    Good usable timber was very far away and They didn't have any animals to move the large pieces or timber.
    La salle was shot it in head and was seriously injured. People stripped him of his clothes and he died an hour later.
  • Marques de Rubi Inspects Texas

    To inspect texas
    King Carlos 3rd sent Marques out
    Abandon east Texas and pull back behind San antionio
  • Mission San Francisco founded

    The purpose of a mission is to colonize people to be Spanish citizens
    Friars are the people who led missions
    Spain started leading missions
    The Friars tried to convert people to catholothism.
    Friars were successful in turning people into Spanish citizens.
    Some missions weren't able to convert people into Catholics.
    Percitios protected missions
  • The Louisiana Purchase