CH1-CH6 timeline

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Creation chapter 1-ie

    God creates Hevans and the Earth-B.C.
  • Jan 1, 1050

    Chapter 2

    Earthquakes and volcanoes form the Coastal Plains-65 million B.C.
  • Jan 1, 1100

    Chapter 2

    An Ice Age advance affected Texas climate- 2 million B.C.
  • Jan 1, 1150

    migration Chapter 2- IE

    Ancient people reached Texas- 9,500 B.C.
  • Jan 1, 1200

    farming Chapter 3-IE

    Farming began in Texas- 100 B.C
  • Jan 1, 1250

    Chapter 3

    Comanches were forced onto reservations
  • Jan 1, 1300

    Chapter 3

    Millions of bison lived on the plains
  • Nov 1, 1528

    Chapter 4

    Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked on what is belived to have been Galveston Bay
  • Jul 7, 1540

    Chapter 4

    Coronado led an expidetion cacross northern Texas to find Cibola
  • settlement chapter 4- IE

    La Salle established the first French settlment in Texas
  • Chapter 5

    The first Spanish mission in East Texas, named San Francisco de los Tejas, was dedicated in 1690.
  • Chapter 5

    Presido San Antonio de Bexar was built under the leadership of Martin de Alarcon.
  • Capitol Chapter 5- IE

    Los Adaes became the unofficial capital of Texas
  • Chapter 6

    Without government approval, Ybarbo led settlers back into East Texas. They built the town of Nacogdoches near the abandoned Mission Guadalupe.
  • Chapter 6

    After years of dispute over the Nuetral Ground, the U.S. and Spain signed the Adams-Onis Treaty.
  • Independance Chapter 6- IE

    Mexico gained independence from Spain