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Jan 1, 1400
Age of Exploration
They explored to look for goods, to discover the unknown, and to find a new route for silk and spice trades (the three G's, God, glory and gold). When Columbus found America, he was looking for a trade route to Asia. Most explorers were from Europe. A conquistador is a Spanish conqueror of Mexico and Peru from the 16 century. Cortes tore down Tenochtitlan. -
Jan 1, 1517
Pineda maps the Texas Coast
Pineda mapped almost 800 miles of the coast. He was the first one to do this -
Jan 1, 1532
Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecks
Cabreza de Vaca was captured by the Karankawa tribe. During the Age of Contact most people were killed by disease. His stories inspired other to intensify the exploration that went on which would soon be Texas. -
Jan 1, 1540
Coronado sets out for Cibola
Cibola is a mythical land of seven cities of gold that was set out by explorers. Coronado thought Cibola was in Texas because they were told stories about the legend and were sent to explore it. One of the shipwreck survivors went to Mexico City and lied that he had seen the seven golden cities. They did not find Cibola. Instead of finding Cibola they found out that Florida was not and island. They also discovered the Grand Canyon -
Fort St. Louis was founded
Fort St. Louis was a French colony made in 1685 in present-day Texas. It is locaed near Arenosa Creek and Matagorda Bay by La Salle -
La Salle lands in Texas
France started beginning to challenge Spain for Texas. La Salle discoered the mouth of the Mississppi River along with Texas. It was founded by La Salle. It failed because the French abandoned it after the native American attacks and they had failed in growing enough crops. La Salle died because -
Mission San Francisco was founded
Missions were used to protect and settle the long and exposed frontier. Most missions failed and did not success. Spain was responsible for building missions. Missions were affiliated with Catholism. Disease and droughts failed many missions. -
Marques de Rubi inspects Texas
The king of Spain, Carlos III, sent de Rubi to inspect Texas. His mission was to see what Spain should do to strengthen their influence on Texas. He recommended that they ally with Comanche against the Apache and the capital should be moved from Los Adaes to San Antonio. -
Philip Nolan Expedition
A filibuster is a person engaging in unauthorized warfare against a foreign country. Ellis P. Bean and Mitchell Moore. Jean Lafitte was a French-American pirate and pioneer in the Gulf of Mexico -
The Louisiana Purchase
It signaled the end. France and Spain -
Mexico gains independence
Mexico gained their independence from Spain. The Mexican Constitution of 1824. -
Moses Autin asks Permission for Colony
Austin kept persisting, and soon got his permission. He dies because of disease before establishing the colony -
Stephen F. Austin establishes his Colony
An empresario is a person that was granted permission to live on Mexican land in exchange for recruiting and taking responsibility foe settlers. SFA collected 300 families that would be able to live in his Texas colony. As time went by, the colony grew bigger and bigger. -
Fredonian Rebellion
This was done by Anglos that lived in Texas and secede from Mexico. The Edward brothers were upset with the government. -
Mier y Teran Report
This report was done to see how Texas was and what they should do. Mier y Teran reccomended that they have a stronger influence on Texas. -
Law of April 6, 1830
This banned many things because the were trying to strengthen Mexico's influence on Texas. These laws angered many colonists. -
Convention of 1833
This was a gathering of Mexican settlers -
Austin Arrested.
Becasue of this SFA believed that the Mexican were wrong -
Battle of Gonzales
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Convention of 1836
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The Alamo Falls
Three notable Alamo defenders are Daid Crockett, James Jim Bowie and William Travis. There were around 300 defenders. Sam Houston did not send reinforcements because he had his own plan. The Mexican soldiers won the battle. -
The Runaway Scrape
Everybody was moving east because that was the way Sam Houston and Santa Anna's army was headed. People thought that Sam Houston was a coward for running away -
Goliad Massacre