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'Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492!'
Prior to the European Exploration. Numerous Texas Indian tribes occupied the region between the Rio Grande and the Red River. -
Sailing from a base in Jamaica, Alonso Álvarez De Piñeda, a Spanish adventurer, was the first known European to map the Texas Coastline.
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Spanish missionaries built the first two missions near El Paso.
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France also explored Texas and built Fort Saint Louis.
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San Antonio(The Alamo) was established.
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Nachogdoches is founded
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Mission San Josè is complete
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Most missions in Texas are closed
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The Louisiana purchase
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•Juan Bautista de las Casas declares Texas independent from Spain
•Las Casas is captured and executed
•Father Hidlago is executed -
Father Miguel Hidalgo issues the Grito de Dolores
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Mexico gains independence from spain
