holley"s texas history 15-16

By holley kalynn
  • Period: Jan 1, 1490 to

    Texas History

  • Period: Jan 1, 1492 to

    Age of Contact

  • Oct 12, 1492

    columbus

    columbus was italian who sailed for spain. october 12 1492,columbus lands on san salvador. claimed the territory for spain. returned several times.was arrested and banned from the new world.
  • Jan 1, 1519

    pineda

    spain explorer who mapped the coast of texas in 1519
  • Jan 1, 1519

    cortez

    spain conquistador who landed in mexico in 1519.met and conquered the aztecs. renamed their capital mexico city.would be the capital of new spain.
  • Jan 1, 1527

    cabeza de vaca

    shipwrecked near Galvenston in 1527.Malhado met and lived with the karankawa.Returnrd to mexico years later with stories of good land and treasures.

  • LaSalle

    french,sailed all the way from canada,down the mississippi river,to the area
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    spanish colonial

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    mexican national

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    revolution and republic

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    cotton,cattle,and railroads

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    age of oil

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    great depression and world war 2