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Jan 1, 1440
Age of Exploration Begins
A. Europeans were exploring to find gold, spread the work of God, and get glory for exploring and finding.
B. Columbus was looking for a route to India when he found America
C. Most explores were from Britain, Spain, and France
D. A conqestidor is a conquer from Spain
E. Cortez founded New Spain and tore down Tenochtitlan -
Jan 1, 1493
Mission San Francisco Founded
A. The purpose of the mission was to convert Native Americans to Catholics
B. The people who lead the missions were fryers
C. Spain was responsible for building the missions
D. Missions were perching Catholism
E. Most Missions were not successful
F. Most missions failed because of Native American attacks
G. Presidios were the buildings that protected missions -
Jan 1, 1519
Pineda Maps Texas Coast
A. Pineda maped Florida and the western coast of the Gulf of Mexico. -
Jan 13, 1528
Cabeza de Vaca Shipwreaks
A. The Karwankuwa tribe captured Cabeza de Vaca
B. Diesae killed many Natives and explorers
C. When Cabesa de Vaca told his story in Mexico, people were suprised and fasinated. -
Jan 1, 1540
Coronado sets out for Cibola
A. Cibola is one of the Seven Cities of Gold
B. Coronado thought Cibola was in Texas because he met a member of the Zuni tribe that was demanding to see Cibola
C. No, they never found Cibloa
D. They discovered the Grand Cayon -
Fort St. Louis is founded
A. Fort St. Louis is located in Texas
B. Fort St. Louis was founded by La Salle
C. Fort St. Louis failed because of Native American attacks which caused the French to abandon it.
D. La Salle was killed by Pierre Duhaut while talking to his decoy, Jean L'Archevêque -
La Salle lands in Texas
A. France started challenging Spain for Texas
B. La Salle discovered the Missisippi River -
Marque de Rubi inspects Texas
A. Rubi's mission was to inspect Texas to have more defense against Native American attacks
B. The president of Mexico sent Rubi on his mission
C. Two recommendations Rubi made were to spread their presidios apart and have them spread out from the Gulf of California to the Guatalupa river -
Philip Nolan Expedition
A. A filibuster is someone who is in the military and is prepared to fight Mexico
B. Jean Lafitte and James Long were two other filibusters in Texas
C.Jean Lafitte was a pirate that would invade Texas -
Louisiana Purchase
A. It ment that America was cornering Texas and they had more land
B. Spain, France and Britain still own land in America -
Mexico gains Independence
A. Mexico gained their independence from Spain
B. It was the Constitution of Cadiz that the Fedrialist established Mexico
C. It was Coahuila y Tejas that joined Mexico and Texas. -
Mose Austin ask Permission for a colony in Texas
A. Mexico granted Mose permission to make a colony in Texas because they wanted more people to come to Texasand Mexico
B. Mose Austin was shot and robed on his way home before he could make a colony -
Stephen F. Austin Establishes His Colony
A. An empresario was someone who was granted permission to Mexican land in return for recruting and taking responsiblites for settlers
B. SFA established his colony by the Brazos river.
C. Mexico wanted settlers to be Catholic and from Louisiana
D. The Old 300 were the first 300 people allowed to go to Texas. They were families and unmarried men
E. It was hard making a colony in Texas because of Native American attacks
F. David G. Burnett and Martain de Leon were also empresarios -
Fredonian Rebellion
A. The goal of the Fredonian Rebellion was to suceed from Mexico
B. The Edward brother were mad with the Mexican government
C. The rebellion ended when the Mexican military invaded and won a fight -
Mier y Teran Report
A. The goal of this report was to see if the Texas colonist were following Mexican laws
B. He was sent to check on the colonists
C. Two recommendations he made were to not allow Americans to come to Texas without a passport and to take colonists land -
Convention of 1833
A. The goal of the convention of 1833 was to create laws and rights for when they became a country and discuss about attacks against Mexico
B. SFA made the trip to Mexico City to present the resolutions. -
Austin Arrested
A. SFA was arrested because Mexico thought he was a spy for the United State
B. Because of his arrest, SFA didn't want anymore to do with the Texas rebellion -
Battle of Gonzales
A. The Battle of Gonzales was fought over a small cannon that Mexico lended the Texans
B. The Texans won
C. The slogan "Come and get it!" was used in this battle -
San Antonio de Bexar Siege
A. A siege is a operation in which the military surrounds a town and cuts off all supplies
B. Santa Anna controlled San Antonio before the siege
C. The Texans controled San Antonio after the siege -
Law of April 6, 1830 passes
A. United States citizens couldn't come to Texas anymore, all empresario contracts from before the law were not valid anymore, Mexicans could come to Texas if they have a passport, Texans could not have anymore slaves, the Mexican goverment could use your land to build forts, and the Mexican goverment would be taxing you. -
Convention of 1836
A. The 2 documents that were made were the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Constitution -
The Alamo Falls
A. Three notable Alamo defender were Davy Crockett, James Bowie, and William Travis
B. There were about 200 Texans and 1,500 Mexicans
C. Sam Houston didn't send reninforcements because he told them to abandon it
D. The Mexicans won the Battle of the Alamo -
Goliad Massacre
A. Finnin and his men lost the Battle of Coleto and were taken prisoner
B. Santa Anna ordered that Urea execute Finnin and his men
C. 342 men were executed that day -
The Runaway Scrape
A. Everyone was moving east toward Louisiana during the Runaway Scrape
B. The goal was to burn down all the town on their way to slow down Santa Anna
C. Everyone was running because they didn't want to be executed by Santa Anna
D. People thought Sam Houston was a coward running from Santa Anna -
Battle of San Jacinto
A. Two battle cries of the Texans were "Remember the Alamo!" and "Remember Goliad!"
B. The Texans only lost 2 men while the Mexicans lost over 600 men
C. Santa Anna tried to flee during the fight
D. The Texans surely won the fight and got the right to Texas signed over by Santa Anna -
The Treaty of Velasco is Signed