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The spanish belived there must be a sea lane from the Gulf of Mexico to Asia. In 1517 and 1518 , Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda had led several expeditions to map the western coastlines of the Gulf on Mexico.
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A new Texas tradition has taken root n Texas. El Paso residents now claim the first Thanksgiving in North America. The modern event first observed in April 1989,commemorates a day of thanksgiving celebrated by Spanish explorer Juan de Onate and his expedition on April 30,1598.
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Coronado was born in to a noble family in Salamanca. Coronado was the conqueror and Governor of the Kingdom .The other component traveled by land, along the trail Friar Marcos de Niza had used.
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There are many opinions and much conflicting information out there about the Jumano. Because of this any article on the Jumano should pay attention source material used. Here is why. Although many of the older sources are pretty good, many of the OLDER sources contain erroneous and outdated material.
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Lasalle was killed. His own men were unownned by East Texas.
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The Alamo, originally known as Mission San Antonio de Valero, is a former Roman Catholic mission and fortress compound, site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, and now a museum, in San Antonio, Texas.
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The history of relations between the numerous groups of Indians and the trans-Atlantic newcomers who started arriving in the sixteenth century and eventually came to dominate Texas is long and complex.
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The Hurricane of 1900 made landfall on the city of Galveston in the U.S. state of Texas, on September 8, 1900. It had estimated winds of 135 miles per hour (217 km/h) at landfall, making it a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
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Hidalgo's rebellion was the beginning of what would become the Mexican War of Independence. Although he was unsuccessful in his original aim, Hidalgo's efforts were followed by those of José María Morelos and Agustín de Iturbide who brought down the colonial governments of Spain in Mexico. Hidalgo is considered the Father of the Nation of Mexico.
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On 21 Jan 1811, former militia captain from Nuevo Santander, Juan Bautista de Las Casas and enlisted men from the Quartel barracks in La Villita marched on Casa Reales and arrested Gov. Salcedo and Lt. Col.
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A huricane ocurred in Galveston. It destroyed alot of the land in Galveston. It was a huge and amazing and sad thing. Alot of families got distroyed and they died. (some of them) This happened on September 12, 1818. All this leaves Texas history.
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Mexican goverment and began colonization in the region of the Brazor River. Mexican officials approve Austin's plan to bring three hundred families into his colony. This group becomes known as the "Old Three Hu.
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They thought that all men where creater equal. They wanted freedom. Raisesisem and unfairness was going to far.
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The politics of Mexico take place in a framework of a federal presidential representative democratic republic whose government is based on a congressional system, where by the president of Mexico is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party electoral system. The federal government represents the United Mexican States and is divided into three branches.
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This was the first sale of town lost. It was in the new capital of the Republic. It was very nown at the time,At this time there has been more. Not the only one any more.
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The treaty took its name in what is now the suburb of New Mexico. There it was signed on February 2,1848.It included parts of the modern-day.
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The Butterfield Overland Mail Trail, also known as the Oxbow Route, the Butterfield Overland Stage, or the Butterfield Stage, was a stagecoach route in the United States, operating from 1857 to 1861. It was a conduit for the United States mail from two eastern termini, Memphis, Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri, meeting Fort Smith, Arkansas, and continuing through Indian Territory, New Mexico, and Arizona, ending in San Francisco, California.
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The Battle of Palmito Ranch, also known as the Battle of Palmito Hill and the Battle of Palmeto Ranch, was fought on May 12 – May 13, 1865, during the American Civil War. The battle was fought on the banks of the Rio Grande about twelve miles east of Brownsville, Texas. In the kaleidoscope of events following the surrender of Robert E. Lee's army on April 9, Palmito Ranch was nearly ignored. It was the last major clash of arms in the war.
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About 20 miles west of jacksboro,by Kiowas and Comanches. It led chiefs Santana, Big Tree, Satank and Eagle
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The "Rough Riders" was the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish-American War and the only one of the three to see action. The United States army was weakened and left with little manpower after the Civil War roughly 30 years prior. As a result, President William McKinley called upon 1,250 volunteers to assist in the war efforts It was also called "Wood's Weary Walkers" after its first commander, Colonel Leonard W
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Benjamin Delahauf Foulois (December 9, 1879 - April 25, 1967), was a United States Army Officer who learned to fly the first military planes purchased from the Wright Brothers. He became the first military aviator as an airship pilot, and achieved numerous other military aviation "firsts". He led strategic development of the Air Force in the United States
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It was the firstThe first nominating convention held in a Southern city since 1860. national convention by a major party was held in Baltimore by the Anti-Mason party.
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It was not runned until later. It was One of the hugest fair in texas. It as good busness and alot of people went the first days.
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The disaster kills almost 600 and injures at least 4,000 more. The concussion is felt 75 miles awey.it . followed the next morning by the explosion of the SS High Flyer.
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It was sucesfully , usherd in the semiconductor. And also on the electronics age. It took its own name.
