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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Age of Contact
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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Chistopher Columbus spotted new land. -
Jan 1, 1519
Alvarez de Pineda
Alvarez de Pineda explored the Texas coastline. -
Feb 1, 1519
Hernan Cortes
Hernan Cortes invaded Aztec empire in mexico -
Jan 1, 1528
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Cabezade de Vaca shipwrecked on what is believed to have been Galveston bay. -
May 1, 1539
Fray Marcos
Fray Marcos leads an new expodition. -
Feb 1, 1540
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
Cornado leads a expodition and gets dissapointed in the outcomes. -
May 1, 1542
Luis de Moscoso
Luis de Moscoso leds the expedition after de soto dies. -
La Salle
La Salle led the first european expodition that navigated the miss. river. -
Corpus Christi de la Ysletia
Spain establisheds the 1st European settlement in Tx -
Period: to
Revolution
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American Independence
The American colonies win their independence from Great Britian. -
Mexican Independence
Mexico win its independence from Spain. -
Decree of April,6 1830
There was a law that stopped the flood of immagration from United States to Texas. -
Texans take the Alamo
The Texans went to the Alamo and saw that the advanced wing of Santa Anna's army made it to San Antonio. The Texans barely made it inside before the Mexacan calvary roared into San Antonio. -
The Texas Declaration of Independence
Texas wrote a declaration of independence. -
The Battle of The Alamo
The Battle of The Alamo started at 5 in the morning and at about 8 in the morning the battle ended and the Mexacans were victorious. -
The Battle of San Jacinto
On the 21 of April The Battle of San Jacinto started at 3:30 in the afternoon. In the end the Texans won the battle. -
Texas becomes a state
President Polk signs a resolution that made Texas a state. -
The US and Mexico sign a peace treaty
The US and Mexico sign a peace treaty and Mexico agrees that the Rio Grande is the border and Mexico give up Texas. -
Texas succeds from the Union
Texas approved succesion and were the 7th state to succed from the Union. -
Texas and Fort Summer
US troops refused to evacuate Fort Summer and Confederate forces open fire. -
A success for the Confederate Army
Several hundred Union soldiers and a Union vessel surrendered. Another ship was blown up by its own crew. -
The Battle of Palmito Ranch the end of the Civil War
The last battle of the Civil War at Palmito Ranch. The Union win the Civil War.
