Texas

early texas timeline

  • phillip nolan invades texas

    phillip nolan invades texas
    he came to taxas to catch and sell wild mustangs
  • nolan was killed and his mustangers surrender

    nolan was killed and his mustangers surrender
    the spanish left Nacogdoches with 120 men in pursuit to find and execute nolan
  • father hidalgo calls for mexixos independance from spain

    father hidalgo calls for mexixos independance from spain
    father hidalgo gave his famous speech the cry for delores
  • father hidalgo is executed and spain reestablishes control over texas

    father hidalgo is executed and spain reestablishes control over texas
    he was forced to go to court to trial his case and he was found guilty
  • The gutierrez-magee expedition captures Nacogdoches

    they came with 130 men to help them
  • Spain reclaims Texas and most of gutierrez-magee is killed

    spain overpowers gutierrez-magee expedition and spain reeestablishes control over texas
  • James long capture Nacogdoches

    James long capture Nacogdoches
    james traveled to texas and capture Nacogdoches with a few recruited men
  • Moses Austin leaves for Texas

    Moses Austin leaves for Texas
    he left for texas with a plan to colonize
  • Mosses Austin dies

    Mosses Austin dies
    on his return trip he got ill and died
  • Stephen f. Austin meets with governor Martinez to get permission to colonize

    Stephen f. Austin meets with governor Martinez to get permission to colonize
    he wanted to carry on his fathers dream of bringing 300 familioes to texas
  • Mexico gains independence from Spain

    they declared that spain give independance to them and they did
  • the old three hundred arrives

    the three hundred families came to texas
  • Mexican law sets up the empresario system up

    mexicoe establishes the empresario system and stephen f austin is the first empresario