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San Antonio
1772 San Antonio became the capital of texas.This was one of the very fisrst capitals.Untill Austin becme capital in 1846. -
Declaration Of Independence
Texas Declarartion of Independnce was adopted in the year 1835. Thee document was to declare independence with Mexico.The Texas Declaration of Independence was the formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. It was adopted at the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, 1836, and formally signed the following day after errors were noted in the text. -
Fighting in San Antonio
the fighting breaks out at The Batlle of San Antonion.It was in the year 1835. The battle lasted 13 hard and long days. -
Sam Houston
1836 Sam Houston is elected first president of Texas.Sam Houston supported Texas, and helped us through battles.Houston served as the first president of the new republic from 1836 to 1838 and was later elected to a second term (1841-44). After the annexation (1845) of Texas by the United States, he was elected to the U.S. Senate, serving from 1846 to 1859. -
28th State
1836 Texas becomes the 28h State to be in the United States .On the Texas flag that they adopted the colors stand for ,blue represents loyalty,white represtents strenghth, and red represents bravery. -
RailRoad
Texas' first RailRoad was created on 1852. San antonio and the Gulf of Mexico had issued bonds for 50,000 to create the railroad company. -
succession
Texas approved succession on 1861 from the united States, 16 years later from when they joined the United States. -
Ending of civil War
On 1865, the civil war ended with the surrender of the Confederate army. Over 620000 Americans died in the war.On April, 9, 1865, the Civil War effectively ended at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, when Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant signed the surrender terms -
Battle at Palimito Ranch
1865 the battle of Palimito Ranch accured on may 12th-may 13th.This happened during the american Civil War,and th battle accured along the rio Grande twelve miles from east, Brownsville, Tx. -
Slavery
june 19th 1865 was the day Texas declared slavery not allowed. The goverment then created Freedman's Burea, to teach african americans the responsibility of freedom, and the challenges of life. -
Emancipation
1865, salves were emancipated in Texas. June 19th is the known as Juneteeenth, they day salves became free.The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War, the fist section declared the freedom of all slaves in any state of the Confederate States of America, and the second section was ,named ten specific states where it would apply -
Richard Coke
Democratic Richard Coke is elected governor of Texas.As governor, Coke re-established constitutional law and order after more than a dozen years of war and military rule. -
boming
Texas State Capital gets bombed. The town destoyed and in ruins.Peoplle were badly hurt that were in the building. -
The Right to Vote
Texas women get the right to vote primaries.Texas Governor W.P.Hobby signed his name to a bill giving women in Texas the right to vote in all primary elections and nominating conventions. -
Education in Texas
The Texas education agency is established.In 1949 the legislature abolished the former State Board of Education and the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction.And the Gilmer-Aikin Laws established the Texas Education -
Biggest cities on Tx
Galveston and san Antonio are the largest Texas cities, each with more than 10,000 people. -
Wichita Falls single tornado
Witchita Falls single tornado strikes town and destroys half the town.Many devistated and have no home because of the tornado -
Houston 4th largest city
Houston becomes 4th largest city in the nation.Now the nation's fourth largest metropolitan area, with nearly 4.2 million people, -
Galveston's Deadliest Hurricane
Galveston's deadliest hurrican killed more than 60,000 people.The devestating hurricane washed over the town and destroyed many homes and bussnissses. The loses of so much would take alot of time to rebuild. -
Bush
George W. Bush served as the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 until 2000,As governor, Bush successfully sponsored legislation for tort reform, increased education funding, set higher standards for schools, and reformed the criminal justice system. -
Tornado strike
On May 27th 1997, at nearly 3:45am a volent tornado strikes parts of Jarrel,Texas.Killing nearly 27 directly.This tornado was rated a F5 on the Fujita Scale, this means that the tornadodid alot of damage. -
Governor of Texas
Rick Perry becomes the governor of Texas, the 47th governor.Perry has led the fight for better schools, signing into law a $2,000 pay raise for teachers and the country’s largest performance pay program. -
President of the U.S.
George W. Bush becomes president of the United States of America.President Bush was the 43rd president, his father was George H. W. Bush thee 41st president.
