Ten Years A Nation: Texas

First President

Sep 1, 1836

Sam Houston is Elected President
(September 1836)

Fort Parker Attacked

Oct 1, 1836

Fort Parker is attacked by native americans, and Cynthia Ann Parker is taken Captive.

Texas Is Recognized

Mar 3, 1837

The U.S. recognizes Texas as a complete Nation.

Second President

Jan 1, 1838

Mirabeau Lamar Elected President

Council House Fight

Jul 1, 1840

Comanches had Taken some Texans captive, so the Texans ask the Comanches to come to a meeting. The Comanches say they will return the captives, but the Texans think they won't. The Texans take the Comanches hostage, so a fight breaks out, and the captives are killed.

Battle at Plum Creek

Aug 5, 1840

Comanches retaliate against the Texans as payback for the Council House fight.

Third President

Jan 1, 1841

Sam Houston Is reelected president

Santa Fe Expedition

Jun 19, 1841

Texas tries to claim Santa Fe as a key trading area, so they send out an expedition. On the way there, a group of Mexican soldiers force the Texans to surrender.

Archives war

Mar 1, 1842

When Mexico Invades Texas, Houston demands that the archives (official documents) be moved temporarily from the capital in Austin to Houston. The citizens of Austin think that Houston is trying to move the capital permanetly to Houston, so they start a fight.

Black Bean Episode

Feb 11, 1843

Mexican soldiers had taken some Texans prisoners, Those prisoners ecscape, and are quickly recaptured. Santa Ana orders the Mexican soldiers to put 17 black beans and 159 white beans in a barrel, and the prisoners that draw a black bean are executed.

Fourth President

Jan 1, 1844

Anson Jones is elected president

Texas Annexed

Apr 1, 1844

Texas Joins the U.S.

German Immigration

Oct 1, 1845

An organized group of 5000 German immigrants arrive in Texas.

Map of Texas

Jan 25, 1846

URL for Map: http://www.txindependence.org/sources.php?action=view&id=164&type=type&title=Maps&&typeId=7&ru=c291cmNlcy5waHA/YWN0aW9uPWJ5VHlwZSZ0eXBlPXR5cGUmdHlwZUlkPTc=

Portrait of Sam Houston

Jan 25, 1846

URL: http://www.txindependence.org/sources.php?action=view&id=451&type=type&title=Images&&typeId=6&ru=c291cmNlcy5waHA/YWN0aW9uPWJ5VHlwZSZ0eXBlPXR5cGUmdHlwZUlkPTY=

Landscape image

Jan 25, 1846

URL: http://www.mhln.com/BookController?ACTION=0&ISBN=0078239672&PAGENUM=283&SAMPLE=false
This is a drawing of the drawing of the black beans.

Texas Constitution

Jan 25, 1846

URL: http://www.txindependence.org/sources.php?action=view&id=20&type=type&title=Documents&&typeId=3&ru=c291cmNlcy5waHA/YWN0aW9uPWJ5VHlwZSZ0eXBlPXR5cGUmdHlwZUlkPTM=

Artifact

Jan 25, 1846

URL: http://www.txindependence.org/sources.php?action=view&id=204&type=type&title=Personal+artifacts&&typeId=8&ru=c291cmNlcy5waHA/YWN0aW9uPWJ5VHlwZSZ0eXBlPXR5cGUmdHlwZUlkPTg=
This is a pocketknife

Note:

Jan 25, 1846

Some of the dates, such as Jan 1, I put here because I do not know the exact date. For cases like this, I put the first of a month for when I know the month, but not the day. On others, like the first two events, I knew which happened first but not the exact date. For those I put them in different months.