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Period: Sep 24, 1400 to
Texas History
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Period: Sep 29, 1400 to
Age of Contact
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Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Christoper Columbus reached the Americas. He saw many Carribbean Sea. He returned three times to the America. On the second visit he built a permanet colony on one of the Island of the West Indies -
Jan 1, 1519
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
Alvarez de Pineda explored the Texas coastline. . He became the first European to explore the Texas coast.He stopped for 40 days in a mouth of a river. He called the mouth of the river Rio de las Palmas. -
Feb 1, 1519
Hernan Cortes
Cortes invaided Aztecs empire in Mexico.He sailed from Cuba and landed 500 soilders on the eastern coast of Mexico. The Aztecs welcomed Cortes. They believed he was their legendary god Quetzalcoatl. -
Sep 25, 1528
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Cabeza de Vaca shipwreacked on what is believed to have been Galveston Bay. He was a member of a large expedition that was sent to conquer the areas between Florida and Mexico -
Sep 25, 1539
Fray Marcos
Fray Marcos thought he saw the seven cities, rich in gold, silver, and precious gems. He sayed that he saw the seven cities of gold,silver and wealth and people in woolen clothes -
Sep 25, 1541
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
He lead an expedition across northern Texas. He was disappointed because instead of finding golden treasures he found mudstoneand angrey Zunni warrios ready to defend their village -
Jan 1, 1542
Luis de Moscoso
De Soto Moscoso expedition reached East Texas across northern Texas. He reached the Mississippi River in 1541. -
Corpus Christi de La Ysletta
Spain estabishes the first permenent Eurapeon settlement in Texas -
Sieur de La Salla
La Salla established the French settlement in Texas.The Mississippi region was named Louisiana.He named it in honor of the French king Louis XIV. -
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Revolution
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American Independance
The American colonies win their independece from Great Britain -
Mexican Independence
Mexico wins its indepandence from Spain. -
Decree of April 6,1830
On April 6,1830, the Centralist govermernt in Mexico issued a law baased on many of Meir y Terian recommendations. The law also set up new forts. Taxes were called custom dutiies. -
The Battle of The Alamo
On February 23, 1836, the arrival of General Antonio López de Santa Anna's army outside San Antonio nearly caught them by surprise. -
Texas Declaraton of Independence
The Texas Declaration of Independence was produced, literally, overnight. Liberty was given to the people. -
The Battle Of The Alamo
The final assault came before daybreak on the morning. Mexican soliders came from the darkness.By sunrise, the battle had ended. -
The Battle of San Jacinto
Sam Houston launches a surprise attack against the forces of Mexican General Santa Anna along the San Jacinto River. -
Texas Enters The Union
6 monthes after the congress of the Republic of Texas, Texas is admitted into the United States as the 28th state. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed
When it was signed it ending the Mexican-American War in favor of the United States. -
Lincoln avoids assassination attempt
Lincoln shows up unexpectedly at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. -
Fort Sumter fired
The American Civil War begins when Confederates fire on Fort Sumter. -
The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect
President Abraham Lincoln signs the final Emancipation Proclamation, which ends slavery. -
Lincoln is shot
John Wilkes Booth fatally shoots President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. -
Battle of Palmito Ranch
The Battle of Palmito Ranch was the last land battle of the American Civil War. It took place in the extreme southern tip of Texas, near Brownsville. -
Transcontinental railroad completed
The presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah. -
Galveston Hurricane
A Category 4 hurricane hit Galveston. It killed 6,000 to 8,000 people. -
Spindletop
An enormous oil exploded from a drilling spot in Spindletop Hill. It reached a height of more than 150 feet. -
America enters World War I
US Senate voted 82 to 6 to declare war on Germany. -
Stock Market Crash
Billion of dollars were lost, which wiped out thousands of investers. -
Pearl Harbor
Just before 8 am hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic bombs. During wartime a atomic bomb is dropped on Japan. -
John F. Kennedy assassination
John F. Kennedy gets killed while traviling through Dallas, Texas -
U.S. Marines land at Da Nang
Carrying the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade -
Barbara Jordon
Was leader of the Civil Right Movments -
Dr. King assassination
6 pm on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. is fatally shot while standing on the balcony outside his second-story room -
Nixon resigns
President Richard M. Nixon announces his intention to become the first president in American history to resign.
