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Christopher columbus claimed spain
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Conored the Aztecs and claimed mexico or spain
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1st european to sail teaxas caost
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1st european to enter texas
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Sent to ind Cibola
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Explored the U.S.
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Explored east texas
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Mexico wins its independence from Spain
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Spain establishes the 1st perm eropean settlement in texas
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Rench, built orest louis in texas
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The American colonies win their independence from Great Britain
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The arrival of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's army outside San Antonio nearly caught them by surprise.
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The Declaration of Independence was the formal declartion of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution.
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Santa Anna called assault on the Alamo to begin at 4:30 A.M. Texans didn't get a chance to rest with the respite in the shelling, working long into the night. The Maxicans come and colonel bolted from his cot, grabbing his double-barrel shotgun and sword with his slave.
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Texas militia under Sam Houston lauches a surprise attack against the forces of Mexican Mexican General Santa Anna along the San Jacinto River. The Mexicans were thoroughly routed, and hundreds were taken prisoner, including General Santa Anna hinself.
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Six months after the congress of the Republic of Texas accepts U.S. annexation of the territory, Texas is admitted into the United States as the 28th state.
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On this day in 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the Mexican-American War in favor of he United States.
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On this day 1861, Pesident-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives in Washington, D.C., amid secrecy and tight security. With seven states having already seceded from the Union since Lincoln's election, the threat of civil war hung in the air.
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General P.G.T. Beauregard, in command of the Confederate forces around Charleston Harbor, opened fire the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter.
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Attempting to stitch together a nation mired in a bloody civil war, Abraham Lincoln made a last-ditch, but carefully calculated, decision regarding the institution of slavery of America.
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Final battle of the American Civil War, being the last engagement of any significance involving casualties.
