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First European explorers founded the region it was populated by various Native American tribes.
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Cornado leads the expedition into Texas. While Cornado explores Texas he discovers many great things .
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La Salle established Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay. This formed a basis to Frances claim on Texas.-
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Mexican explorer Alonso de Leon reached Fort St. Louis, and found it abandoned, during an expedition planned to reestablish Spanish presence in Texas.
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San Antonio becomes the state's capital.
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San Antonio de Valero is a historical place here in Texas.
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Many missions in Texas close because of diseases and droughts.
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Gutierrez-Magee Expedition crossed the Sabine River in a rebel movement against Spanish rule in Texas.
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The Fredonian Rebellion breaks out. Many Texans became scared that Mexicans were going to take over. Texans panicked and Mexicans discovered the Texans feared them.
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Relations between the Texans and Mexico reached a new low when Mexico forbided further immigration into Texas by settlers from the United States.
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Texans demanded a detachment of Mexican cavalry at the Battle of Gonzales. That is how the revolution began.
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The battle at the Alamo began but many Texans died while fighting.Texans were out numbered so Mexicans won the battle.
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The Texans defeat the Mexicans at the Battle of San Jacinto and Texans gain their independence.
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Houston is elected president of Texas. He defeats his opponents by many votes.
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Sam Houston is president of Texas again for a second term. He changes the capital of Texas.
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Sam Houston orders officials to arrive in Austin to remove records of the Republic of Texas to the city of Houston.
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Texas is accepted into the United States but Texans had to vote to join. Some Texans vote to stay independent.
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For the first time Texas creates a railroad to transport food and other goods.
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Richard Coke is elected governor of Texas, but many Texans dislike Richard Coke because he was a democrat.
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Reservatons are created for the natives, but some natives refuse to live on the reservations. The settlers get very upset and destroy the buffalo population.
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Houston is elected governor of Texas. Although he helps Texas with many problems, many people still dislike him.
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Legislature met in the office addressed by Houston.
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Texas seceded from the Federal Union. Governor Sam Houston was one of a small minority opposed to the secession.
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Texas became a state of the Confederacy.
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Sam Houston was removed from the government he refused to take the oath of allegiance.
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Lincon sign the Emancipatin proclamation and slaves are set free. Although African Americans weren't given al rights.
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Texas tries to go back into the Union. Texas has to sign a document that will not let them secede from the Union again so Texas is accepted into the Union.
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Reconstruction after civil war ended. People rebuild everything that was destroyed during the Civil War although many lives were affected.
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The Knights of Labor was an organized group that were volunteers who helped Texas.
