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Christopher Columbus sailed the Atlantic ocean for 33 days straight, they sighted land in 1492. He named it texas
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Cortes invaded Aztec empire Mexico
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Alvarez de Pineda explored the Texas coastline
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Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked on what is beleived to have been Galvestin Bay
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Coronado led an expidition across Northern Texas
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De Soto Moscoso expedition reached East Texas across Northern Texas
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Samuel De Chaplain founded Quebec
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Spain establishes the first European Settlement
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La Salle established the first French settlement in Texas
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The American colonies won their independence from Great Britain.
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Mexico wins their idependence from Spain
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The arrival of Santa Anna's army outside of San Antonio
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Texas gains their Independence from Mexico
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Sant Anna's troops led a assault on San Antonio
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The Battle of San Jacinto was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution.
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Texas statehood is granted
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The war officially ended with the treaty of hidalgo
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Lincoln arrives in Washington
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Fort sumter is fired upon
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Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation
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Lincoln was assasinated by John Wilkes Booth
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The Battle of Palmito Ranch is generally reckoned as the final battle of the American Civil War,
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First transcontinental railroad is completed
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A hurricane made landfall on Galveston
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On January 10, 1901, a well at Spindletop struck oil
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America declared war on Germany and entered Europe conflict
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conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy, thousands of american navy soildiers are killed by the pearl harbor attack
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US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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The first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam
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Her persistence won her a seat in the Texas Senate in 1966
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Martin Luther King Jr. is shot to death at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Aug. 8, 1974 President Nixon Announces His Resignation
