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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Texas History 14-15
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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Age Of Contact
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Sep 24, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus and his crew sighted the Caribbean islands. Also established a colony on his second visit on the West Indies islands. -
Feb 24, 1519
Hernan Cortez
Cortez destroyed the Tenochtitlan and killed most Aztecs. Also re named the city to Mexico. His actions had inspired many other Spaniards. -
Sep 24, 1519
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
First European to explore the Texas coast. -
Sep 24, 1527
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
He was a member of a expedition to conquer Florida and Mexico in 1527 but crashed landed in Texas -
Sep 24, 1539
Fray Marcos
He was a priest that was selected to go to a expedition to find Cibola -
Sep 24, 1540
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Coronado lead a expedition of three hundred soldiers with Fray Marcos to find Cibola. -
Sep 24, 1542
Luis de Moscoso
He lead the De Soto expedition after De Soto died. -
Corpus Christi de la isleta
Spain establishes the first perment European settlement in Texas -
Rene Robert Cavelier,Sieur de La Salla
La Salla lead a Texas expedition to navigate and conquer the lands around Mississippi River. He missed the Mississippi river and landed 400 miles away on the Texas coast. The colony he established had failed and only a few people came back to the French colony. -
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Revolution
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American Independence
The American colonies win their independence from Great Britain. -
Mexican Independence
Mexico wins its independence from Spain. -
Decree Of April 6, 1830
The decree of april 6, 1830 issued that immagrants from United States could not come to Mexico anymore. -
Battle of the Alamo
The Mexican Army arrived at the Alamo -
Texas Declaration of Independence
The Convention of 1836 produced the declaration of independence overnight. -
Battle of the Alamo 2
The Mexican army attacked the Texans the morning of March 6. -
The Battle of San Jacinto
The Texan army launched a surprise attack against the Mexican army. -
Union
Texas enters the Union. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war between the United States and Mexico. -
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln avoids assassination attempt. -
Fort Sumter
General P.G.T. Beauregard, in command of the Confederate forces around Charleston Harbor, opened fire on the Union. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln signs Emancipation Proclamation.The proclamation freed all slaves in states that were still in rebellion. -
The Assassination of President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln -
Battle of Palmito Ranch
On May13 the Battle of Palmito Ranch was fought and won by the confederates in south Texas. -
Transcontinental railroad
A golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, signaling the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. -
Galveston Hurricane
A Category 4 hurricane ripped through Galveston, Texas, killing an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 people. -
Spindletop Hill
An enormous geyser of oil exploded from a drilling site at Spindletop Hill. -
World War I
The United States Congress declared war upon the German Empire. -
Stock Market Crash
The stock market crashes beginning the Great Depression. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, killing more than 2,300 Americans. -
Atomic Bomb
The American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
President John F. Kennedy
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Vietnam War
The first US troops land on Vietnam. -
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