-
Stephen F. Austin and 300 families settle in Texas with the permission of Mexico.
-
Spain transfers Florida to the US through the Adams-Onis Treaty.
-
Texas rebels against Mexican government.
-
After Texans surprise attack, the captured Mexican General Antonia Lopez de Santa Anna signed a treaty that recognized Texas's independence. Texas elects Sam Houston as president later that year.
-
Florida wanted to be a state so they had to draw up a state constitution and submit it the US Congress. The constitution allowed slavery and wanted public schools. After it was approved by the delegation it was sent to Congress for ratification.
-
The Texan Santa Fe Expedition set out for New Mexico. Near Santa Fe, they were intercepted by Mexican forces and marched 2000 miles to prison in Mexico City.
-
President John Tyler signed statehood bill for Florida.
-
President James Polk signed statehood bill to make Texas a state.
-
Texas secedes from the Union to join the Confederacy.
-
Florida secedes Union to become part of the Confederacy.
-
The last battle of the Civil War was in southern Texas at the Palmito Ranch.
