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Cabeza de Vaca ship wrecks on what we know as Galveston Island. He later explores the interior of Texas on his way to Mexico.
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In search of the seven fabled cities of gold, Coranado lead an expedition into the present southwestern Untied States and across norther Texas.
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La Salle establishes fort St. Luis at mategorda bay.
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Stephen F. Austin gets a grant to start colinization on the Rio Grande.
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1824 constitution gave mexico a republican type government but it failed.
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Stephen F. Austin is arrested because of insciting.
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Mexico asks for Texas to return one of the cannons that they lost but the Texans reply "come and take it!"
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The Mexican army seiged the Texans in the small Mision called The Alamo it was about 2000 mexicans verses about 190 texans.
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Texans were overwhellmed by the Mexican army after two weeks of Seige at The Alamo.
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Forty-nine Texans stormed the presidio at Goliad and a detachment of Mexican defenders.
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Sam Houston and his army of Texans fought the General Santa Ana and his Mexican army for the independance of Texas They sucsede
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Texas secedes the Union and joins the Confederacy by a vote of 171 to 6 Sam Houston was one of the six.
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Texas takes control of Galveston that had been in Union control for many weeks.
