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James Bowie's timeline

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  • James Bowie is born

    James Bowie is born

    no one knows when or where he was born.
  • James Bowie's family moves to Missouri

    James Bowie's family moves to Missouri

  • he moves to Louisiana

    he moves to Louisiana

    his father secured a flatboat and rowed down the Missippi river and landed inside the borders of Louisiana
  • the first republic of Texas

    the first republic of Texas

    in 1819 it was crushed by rebels
  • Mexico declares independence from Spain

    Mexico declares independence from Spain

  • James Bowie kills Norris Wright in the Sandbar Fight

    James Bowie kills Norris Wright in the Sandbar Fight

    This fight made him and his knife really famous
  • James Bowie leaves Louisiana and moves to Texas

    James Bowie leaves Louisiana and moves to Texas

  • James Bowie marries Maria Ursula Veramendi

    James Bowie marries Maria Ursula Veramendi

    she was called Ursula
  • James and Rezin Bowie,7 other men,and 2 servant boys repel 164 native americans near the San Saba River

    James and Rezin Bowie,7 other men,and 2 servant boys repel 164 native americans near the San Saba River

    only one Texan died and one man was injured
  • Ursula Bowie dies

    Ursula Bowie dies

    James bowie almost goes into a relapse
  • Santa Anna declares himself dictator of Mexico

    Santa Anna declares himself dictator of Mexico

    he called himself "Napoleon of the West
  • Texans at Gonzales attack the mexicans

    Texans at Gonzales attack the mexicans

    one man died in the battle
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    The Texas War of Independence

    Texas gained independence from Mexico
  • James Bowie defeated a small Mexican force at mission Espada

    James Bowie defeated a small Mexican force at mission Espada

    the mexicans retreated to Bexar
  • Bowie and 20 other men captured 300 soldados

    Bowie and 20 other men captured 300 soldados

    Stephen F. Austin was happy that they did it with minimum bloodshead
  • The Grass Fight occurs

    The Grass Fight occurs

    the Texans thought a Mexican train was full of treasure and ammunition but it was really filled with food for starving farm animals
  • James Bowie dies at the Alamo

    James Bowie dies at the Alamo

    he was sick in bed during the attack by the Mexicans and every Texan in that battle

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