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Archives War
Following Mexican depredations into Texas in 1842, President Sam Houston deemed the still-frontier town of Austin to be in danger of falling into enemy hands. He therefore ordered the removal of the seat of government, as well as all of its records, from Austin to Houston. -
Sam Houston becomes the first president of Texas.
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Alamo After losing San Antonio to the Texans during the Siege of Bexar, Mexican General Santa Anna determined to retake this key location and at the same time impress upon the Texans the futility of further resistance to Mexican rule.
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Texas IndependenceTexas Independence
The Texas Declaration of Independence was produced, literally, overnight. Its urgency was paramount, because while it was being prepared, the Alamo in San Antonio was under seige by Santa Anna's army of Mexico. -
Fort Parker
a large party of Native Americans, including Comanches, Kiowas, Caddos, and Wichitas, attacked the inhabitants of Fort Parker -
Resolution to recognize Texa in the U.S. senate.
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Texas Flag
Texas Aopts new flag for the republic. -
Texas Capitols
Texas congress first mees a decides on the location of the capitol for the republic. -
A Fight breaks out.
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Texan's push the Comanche to the West.
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Sam Houston serves his second term as president.
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Throughout the period of the Republic of Texas and ending with the Compromise of 1850, Texas claimed a large area to the north and west of its current boundaries. This area included a large stretch of the Santa Fe trail, a lucrative trade route that linked Missouri with the town of Santa Fe in present day New Mexico.
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Prisoners in Mexico draw from a bag with black and white beans, the black beans mean that you are to be exicuted, the white means you are safe.
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Anson Jones is sworn into presidency
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An annexation treaty between the U.S. and Texas is signed.
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Germans come to Texas from Germany.
