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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
1500's
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Nov 5, 1528
Cabeza de Vaca
Cabeza de vaca was in a ship wreck on what is now Gaveston Island. When is was trading items in his region for six years he searched texas on his way to Mexico. -
Apr 20, 1540
Coronado
fransisco vaspues was with the very first discovers of the supplies in Texas. Cornado was born in Salamanca in Spain 1510. He sailed around the new world for a while and then decided to settle in Mexico City. Cornado led a exibition in to the United States.He was the govonerof the province of Nueva Galicia until his death on September 22 1554. -
Period: to
1600
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La Salle
Robert Cavalier, sieur de La Salle was well known as a fur trader. La Salle made his way down the Missippippi River taking all of its watershed and putting it under the name of France. A few years later the king of France kept sending shipd to the Missippippi and soon taking over the whole area. Some people went back to France but La Salle and other stayed and the Fort St.Louis as a settlement. -
Period: to
1700
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Period: to
1800
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Austin Grant
Stephen Fuller Austion is known at the founder of Anglo- American Texas. In his early twentys he graduated from Transylvania University in Kentucky. He was the territorial Legislature of Missouri for six years until he moved to arkansas. Austin passed away not long after he went back to missouri from jis trip to texas. -
Mexican Independence
Hidalgo and his officers were planning a revolt for late fall of 1810.The Spanish people found out about the revolt which led the Spanish Government to order the arrest of Hidalgo and his officers. When Hidalgo found out, he called a meeting at his church. He rang the church bell on the night of September 15, 1824 to call his congregation to mass. Here Father Hidalgo rallied the people to fight. He gave the speech which is now known as 'Grito de Delores', saying "Viva Mexico". -
Austin imprisoned
The Mexican imprisined Stephen F Austin in Mexico City. He was thaught to be a reluctant voluntary. Moses died before realizing his plans, Stephen took over and established Texas community on the lower reaches of the Colorado and Brazos Rivers. Later in decited to run for president and lost to Sam Houston so he became a secratery and he dired later that year in office. -
Battle of Gonzales
this battle was cosidered as the first battle of the Texas Revolution because the diferenced of Mexico and Texas became larger. Mexican genersals sent a force of about 100 men to repossess a cannon that had been provided the civilians of Gonzales for defense against Indians. The battle flag used by the Texans at the Battle of Gonzales gained considerable recognition as the "Come and Take It" flag. -
Battle of Alamo
After losing San Antonio Santa Ana was determined to win back this key location and impress the Texans. When the Mexicans stormed into the Alamo all of the Texan defenders were killed. Several Civilians were spared too. The lossoes of the battle had been placed at about 189 texans and 1600 Mexicans. -
Runaway scrape begins
The Runaway scrape started generally around the fall of the Alamo and ended with the battle of San Jacinto. It was a point of time of terror and worry for the settlement of texas. The Mexican armies tookover eastward from San Antonio. A Few people escaped and abandoned their homes, and headed eastward under most difficult conditions. the runaway were very happy to here the victory of San Jacinto -
Battle of San Jacinto
Sam Houston ans the Texas army retreated after the fall of the Alamo to the Buffalo Bayou. The general of Mexico Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana came marching across the prairie in battle array. A volley from the Texan's "Twin Sisters" artillery brought him to a sudden halt. The freedom of Texas from Mexico won here led to annexation and to the Mexican War. -
texas joins the united states
The annexation of Texas was a key issue for the U.S presidentail vote. the victory of James Polks victory that November was interpreted in the United States as a mandate to annex the ten-year old republic. A joint resolution passed through both houses of Congress. It was signed by President Tyler on March 1, 1845, by the Republic of Texas. -
texas secedes and foins the confederacy
For some southeners the election of Abraham Lincoln was all most the same as the declaraton of the war. Texas soon can to a reason that it would be better to be a indepentent republic than part of the confederacy. -
Battle of Galveston
In the fall of 1862, Union Commodore William B. Renshaw took a boat into Galveston and wanted the surrender of the island by its civilians. When arriving Houston Greneral Margruder started making plans to recapture Galveston. His plan worked and the island of Galveston was recaptured. Twenty-six Confederates had been killed and 117 wounded.
