Emerie's Texas History Timeline

  • Period: Jan 1, 1490 to

    Plain Old Texas History

  • Period: Jan 1, 1492 to

    Age of Conduct

  • Columbus
    Sep 21, 1492

    Columbus

    Columbus lands on San Salvador.Claimed the territory.Returned several times.Was arrested and was banned.
  • Cortez
    Sep 25, 1519

    Cortez

    met and conquered the aztecs.Named their capital Mexico City.Which would later be New Spain.
  • Pineda
    Sep 25, 1519

    Pineda

    Mapped the coast of Texas
  • Cabeza de Vaca
    Sep 25, 1527

    Cabeza de Vaca

    Shipwrecked near Gavelstone.Met and lived with the karankawa.
  • Coronado
    Sep 25, 1540

    Coronado

    Go find and capture ciabola.Was sent to ciabola.First to see grand canyon,and explored much of the panhandle.
  • La Salle

    La Salle

    Sailed from Canada down too the Missisippi river ,to the Gulf of Mexico.Called it Louisiana.Built Ft.St Louis.His fort failed and his men killed him
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    Spanish Colonial

  • San Antonio

    Because that was the feasts day of St. Anthony of Padua.
  • Battle of Medina

    The purpose was to gain freedom
  • Adams-Onis Treaty

    It prevented the U.S from claiming Texas as their own.
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    Mexican National

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    Early Statehood

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    Cotton,Cattle,and Railroads

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    Civil War and Reconstruction

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    Age of Oil

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    Great Depression and World War 2

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    Revolution and Republic

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    Civil Rights and Conservitism

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    Contemparary Texas