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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
1600
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Nov 5, 1528
Cabeza de Vaca
Cabeza de Vaca is shipwrecked on what will later become Galveston Island. After trading in the region for some six years, he later explored the Texas on his way to Mexico. -
Apr 20, 1540
Coronado
In search of the Seven Cities of Cibola, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado lead an expedition into the present southwestern United States and across northern Texas. -
Period: to
1600s
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La Salle
Robert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle established Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay, and formed the basis for France's claim to Texas. Two years later, he was murdered by his own men. -
Period: to
1700s
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Period: to
1800s
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Austin's Grant
He recieved a grant that he could begin colonizing texas in the Brazos river region. -
Mexican Independence
Mexico gets its independence from Spain but it failed to define the rights of the states -
Austin Imprisoned
They impisoned Austin because tensions and because he was arguing with there goverment -
Battle at Gonzales
The Texans raise a sign at Gonzales saying come and take it and the Mexicans lose a lot of men so they retreat -
Battle at Alamo
189 texans gathered to defend agianst 2000 men all 189 texans died and 1600 mexicans died -
Ruaway Scrape Begins
The runaway Scrape is a period when the Texans runaway from the Mexicans after the alamo. -
Massacre at Goliad
Mexican general Jose Urrea's stumbles on some Texicans and kills all of them -
Battle at San Jacinto
The texans ambushed the Mexicans and completely slaughtered them and only about 100 texans died. -
Texas Joins the US
James Polk and the American people vote to let Texas join the US -
Texas secedes and Joins the Cofederacy
Texas seceded from the Federal Union following a 171 to 6 vote by the Secession Convention. Governor Sam Houston was one of a small minority opposed to secession. -
Battle at Galeston-Bayou City
Galveston was foced to surrender and then John B Mauger and tried to recapture and suceeded
