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Jun 25, 1332
june 25
First bloodshed of the TX Revolution take place at Velasco when Texans, transporrting,a cannon from Brazonia to Anahua, are challenged by Mexican forces at Velasco.The Mexicas surrender on june 29. -
spanish
Spanish Gov. Grant Moses Austin permission to establish a colony of Anglo-American in the TX area. When he dies the following June, his son,Stephen F Austin,recieves authority to conutinue the colonizing effort. -
World War 1
In the year of 1817 the War began. This was known as World War one. This war had over 70 million people in it. -
Independence
Mexican gains independence from spian. -
First Anglo Child
Jane Long gives birth to the first Anglo child born in TX, a girl named Mary James. -
Irish Immignants
First of several large groups of Irish immignants arrive to settle in the south. -
Mexican Gov.
Mexican Gov. stops legal immigration into TX from the U.S. except in special cases. Relantion between Anglo Settlers and Mexican Gov. deterionate -
rangers
The TX Rangers organization is officially astablised by TX's provisional Gov. Although Staphen F. Austin had hined 10 froniersmen as "Rangers" to help protact his colonists agianst indian raids in 1832,not until 1835 was the law-enforsement group formally organized -
San Anna
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Constitutional Convention
The TX Constitution Convention votes to accept the U.S. annexation propasal; it drafts -
US Congress
The US Congress approves,and president James K. Polk signs, the ,Joint Resdution for the Admission of the State of TX into the Union."TX becomes the 28th state. -
Treaty
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo issigned ending the 2 year war with Mexico and specifying the location at the interrations boundary. -
University Classes Begin
For the past 39 years, the Texas Union Informal Classes program has offered classes that are fun, practical and challenging. This summer you will find classes both new and classic. -
Poll Tax
Descision followed for Alambama ( March 3) and Virgina (March 25). Mississippi's $2.00 poll tax was the last to fall,declared uncostitutional on 8 April 1996,by a Federal panel in Jackson,mississippi. -
Benjamin's first flight
At this time Benjamin was the "fatehr of U.S. military avition".Lieutenant Foulois was ordered to Fort Sam Houston,Texas,with instructions to " take plenty of parts and teach yourself to fly". -
women have rights
Women were also slow to claim the right to help make Texas laws.Forty years later, two women held state district judgeships, two were domestic-relations judges, and one was a county judge. Although Texas women could not vote at any level of government until passage of the primary suffrage law of 1918, years before that date women had served on school boards in Wills Point, Denison, and Dallas -
Hurrican
In sept. 8 1990 houston had a bad hurrican. This hurrican could never be spoken agian about the deadly hurrican that reshaped the Gulf Coast forever. -
american
Shortly after the discovery of America the Spanish people became obsessed with the idea that somewhere in the interior of the New World there were rich mines of gold and silver, and various expeditions were sent out to search for these treasures.
