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Christopher Columus is an Italian who sailed for Spain. On October 12,1492 Columbus landed on San Salvador, and claimed the territory for Spain. returned several times. We arrested and banned himfrom the New World.
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Cortez is Spains conquistador who land in Mexico in 1519. Met and conquered the Aztecs. Renamed their capital Mexico City would be the capital of New Spain.
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Pineda is the Spanish explorer who mapped the coast of Texas in 1519.
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Cabeza de Vaca was shipwrecked near Galveston in 1527. Malhado. Met and lived with the Karankawa. Returned to Mexico years later with stories of good land and treasures.
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Coronado went to find and capture Cibola. Spanish, 1540, was sent to find Cibola. First see Palo Duro and Grand Canyons, expored much of the Texas Pnahandle.
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LaSalle is French, and sailed all the way from Canada down to the Mississippi River, to the Gulf of Mexico. He called the area Louisianna. 1685,he landed in Texas. Built Ft.St.Louis. The fort failed and LaSalle was killed by his men.
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San Antonio is a major city south central Texas with a rich colonial heritage.
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The Cry of Delores is the event that is considered the beginning of the Mexican War of Indepence.
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The Battle of Medina was fought about 20 miles south of San Antonio de Bexar on August 18, 1813, as part of the Mexican War of Independence against Spanish authority in Mexico.
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The treaty, which was ratified on February 21, 1821, settled boundary disputes between the two countries.
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The Treaty of Cordoba is established as the Mexan War from Spain at the conclusion of the Mexican War of independence and was signed on August 24, 1821.
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