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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
1500-1600
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Nov 5, 1528
Cabeza de Vaca
The mexican captain, Cabeza de Vaca, became shipwrecked on modern day galveston. He had been trading here for 6 years. -
Apr 20, 1540
Coronado
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was searching for the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola when he led an expedition to what we now call the southwestern US and northern Texas. -
Period: to
1600-1700
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La Salle
Robert Cavelier(la salle) established Fort St. Louis in Matagorda Bay. he helped create the base for France's clain to Texas. Robert was murdered by his own men two years later. -
Period: to
1700-1800
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Period: to
1800-1900
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Austin Grant
The Mexican government gave Stephen f Austin a grant and he used it to began colonization in the region of the Brazos River. -
Mexican Independence
Mexico created a constitution that gave it a republican government to define the rights of the states within the republic, including Texas but it failed. -
Austin Imprisoned
The mexican government imprisones Stephen f Austin. -
Battle at Gonzales
The Texans repelled part of the Mexican calvalry at this battle begining the revolution. -
Runaway Scrape Begins
This period in early 1836 begining at the battle of the Alamo. -
Battle of Alamo
In San Antonio, texans under Col. William b Travis were overwhelmed by the mexicans two week siege at this battle. -
Massacre at Goliad
400 texans and James Fannin,under the order of Santa Anna, were executed. -
Battle of San Jacinto
The mexican forces of Santa Anna were routed by the texans under Sam Houston. Independece was finally won. -
Texas joins the United States
Texas becomes the 28th state in the U.S. after the president James Polk followed through on his campaign to add texas to the U.S. -
Texas secedes and joins the Confederacy
The secession convention of Texas votes 171 to 6 declaring them part of the Confederacy. General Sam Houston was against the secession. -
Bayou City
The cotton clads sailed into galveston to reclaim it from Renshaw. -
Battle of Galveston-The Bayou City
After the several weeks of federal occupation in Texas' main port they reclamed it from Renshaw.
