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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
1500s
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Nov 5, 1528
Cabeza de Vaca
Alonso Pineda was a Spanish Explorer; his ship, Cabeza de Vaca, shipwrecked on "Galveston Island" (it wasn't called that back then). -
Apr 20, 1540
Coronado
Francesco Coronado leads an expedition into the southern "USA" in search of finding the seven lost cities of Cibola. -
Period: to
1600s
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La Salle
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Period: to
1700s
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Period: to
1800s
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Austin Grant
Stephen F. Austin was given a thousand dollars from the Mexican Government and started colonizing near the Brazos River. -
Mexican Independence
Mexico became a Republican government, but sadly it failed to define the rights of that states within the country, including Texas. -
Austin Imprisoned
The mexicans improsend Stephen F Austin. they did this act to make the tension greater for the two sides. -
Battle of Gonzales
At the battle of Gonzales, Texas psuhed back the dtachment of livestock from Mexico. That was the start of the revolution. This was also the placewhere the famous words took place, "Come and take it" -
Battle at Alamo
Texans was under Col. William B. Travis were very tiredafter the two week seige that the Mexican Army held a the Battle at the Alamo where the Declaration of Independence was signed. -
Massacre at Goliad
James Fannin and 400 Texans were killed by Santa Anna at the Massacre at Goliad. -
Battle of San Jacinto
Sam Houston is controlling Texas as they routed the mexican forces under Santa Annas control at the battle of San Jacinto. There in one of the most decisive battles in history, independence had won. -
Texas Joins the USA
James Polk, US president, led a campaign promising to annex Texas and sign legislation that made Texas officially the 28th state of the USA. -
Texas secedes and joins the Confederacy.
Texas secedes from ths US becuase of a landslide vote by the Secession Convention. SAm Houston, Governer, was one of the few who did not want to secede, -
Battle at Galveston
Texas's most important seaport became there's again after a Short battle at sea
