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Period: Feb 1, 1500 to
texas
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Jan 1, 1519
maping the texas coastline
in 1519 alonso alvarez maped the texas coastline in hope of a new start -
the beggining of thanksgiving
on april 30,1598 the beggining of thanksgiving and peace between the natives and the pilgrams. -
the jumano indians
the jumano indeans traveled from mexico in search of christianity. -
mouth of the mississippi
french explorer went looking for the mouth of the mississippi and found texas instead. -
La Salle
on march 19 1687 La Salle is killed by some of his own men. -
remains of fort st.louis
alonso de leon found the remains of fort st. louis -
the alamo
san antonio de valero mission was known as the alamo chapel found in san antonio. -
texas missions move to san antonio
three TX missions are moved to san antonio because economical troubles. -
hurrican strikes near galveston
sept. 4 hurricane strikes near galveston. -
texas' first newspaper
texas' first newspaper founded by lose alvarez. -
hurricane in galveston
a hurricane wreaks the fleet of pirate jean lafitte in galveston. -
mexico gains independence
mexico gains independence from spain. -
first anglo child in texas
jane long gives birth to the first anglo child ,born in texas, a girl namedmary jane. -
colonizationin mexico
stephen f austin receives authority to continue the colonization in the region of the brazos river. -
declaration of independence
the decaration of independence of the republic of fredonia is signed at nacogdoches. -
legal immigration
mexican goverment stops legal immigration into texas from the united states except in special cases. -
texas revolution
first bloodshed of the texas revolution takes place at velasco when texans , transportind cannons from brazoria to anahuac. -
texas rangers
the texas rangers organization is offcially establishedby texas'provision goverment. -
texas declaration of independence
texas declaration of independence is adopted washington-on-the- brazos. -
runaway scrape
sam houston abandons gonzales and retreats eastward to avoid the advancing mexican army. panickly settlers in the area flee as well in an exodus called the runaway scrape. -
30 texans escape
about 350 texan prisoners, including their commander james fannin, are executed at goliad by ordered of santa anna. an estimated 30 texans escape -
the first congress
the first congress of the republic of texas convenes at columbia -
republic of texas is reconized
republic of texas is offically reconized by the united states,and later by france ,england the netherlands and belgium -
comanches
comanches, led by a dozen chiefs, meet with officials of texas goverment to negotiate a peace treaty. -
formal transfer
formal transfer of goverment take place until this date
