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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
1500s
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Nov 5, 1528
Cabeza de Vaca
Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish Explorer that explored the new world. After a shipwreck on or near Galveston Island, he and the other explorers with him on the ship were enslaved by Native Indians and he was one of the few survivors of the expiditon. -
Apr 20, 1540
Coronado
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was a Spanish conquistador who visited New Mexico and wanted to conquer the mythical Seven Cities of Gold. -
Period: to
1600s
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La Salle
Robert de La Salle was a French Explorer. He explored the Great Lakes, Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. He claimed the whole Mississippi River for France. -
Period: to
1700s
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Period: to
1800s
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Austin Grant
Stephen F Austin's father, Moses Austin tried to start a colony in San Antonio after the economy went into a depression. This colony was started in Texas and Stephen F Austin got families to move into it. -
Mexican Independance
Mexican wins its Independence. -
Austin Imprisoned
Stephen F Austin gets imprisoned. -
Battle at Gonzales
The Battle at Gonzales occurs. -
Battle of Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo. -
Runaway Scrape begins
Texans run from their homes as Santa Anna attempts to retake Texas. -
Massacre at Goliad
Battles that ended the Goliad campaign. -
Battle of San Jacinto
Sam Houston defeats Santa Anna. -
Texas joins the United States
Texas joins the United States, -
Texas secedes and joins the Confederacy
Texas joins the Confederacy. -
Battle of Galveston - the Bayou City
The Battle of Galveston was a naval and land battle when the Union was fought out of Galveston.
