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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
1500-1600
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Nov 5, 1528
Cabeza de Vaca
Cabeza de vaca shipwrecked on galveston island after tradig there for 4 years he explored inner texas on his way to mexico -
Apr 20, 1540
Coronado
In his search of the fabeled seven cities of ciabola Francisco Vasques
de Coronado lead an expidition in the present southwstern United States and accros northern texas -
Period: to
1600-1700
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La Salle
Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle established Fort St. Luis at Matagorda Bay ging the French a claim to Texas -
Period: to
1700-1800
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Period: to
1800-1900
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Austin Grant
Stephen F Austin gets a grant from Mexico Letting him start colonizing the brazos river -
Mexican Independence
The costitution Of 1824 gave mexico a republican government but failed to define the rights of texas -
Austin Imprisoned
Stephen F Austin was imprisoned By the Mexican government in 1834 Austin was traveling to Mexico Austin was held captive for a few months. -
Battle at Gonzales
The battle at gonzalez was considerd the first battle of the Texas revolution. The mexicans sent a force of a 100 men to recapture a cannon wich had been taken by the Texans -
Battle of Alamo
After losing San Antonio the Mexican army decided to take back this key location and show how futile it was for Texas to keep on fighting -
Runaway Scrape begins
The runaway scrape is a period in early 1836. It was a period of terror as the Mexican army went west from San Antonio with virtualy no one to stop them. -
Massacre at Goliad
James W. Fannin was orderd to victoria by Sam Houston and after a delay of about 5 days he began to march with his army he was then surrounded in an open prarie by the Mexican army they surrendered thinking they would be safe but were shot in the Prarie -
Battle at San Jacinto
San Jacinto was the last battle of the Texas independence war Sam Houston gae his army the call to charge after the Mexican army had retreated. Many Texans shouted rember the Alamo and Rember Goliad the battle was won by the Texans and Santana signed a treaty giving Texas its indepenece -
Texas Joins the United States
President James Polk followed on his campaign promise to Annex Texas and signed a legislation making Texas the 28th state -
Texas Secedes and Joins the Confederacy
Texas seceded from the union in a 171 to 6 vote Texas wanted it's right to keep slaves. Govenor Sam Houston was part of the small group that voted no. -
Battle of Galveston- the Bayou City
After several weeks of federal ocupation of Galvesto Texas' most important sea port the Battle of Galveston put the port back in Texas' control.
