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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
1500
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Nov 5, 1528
Cabeza de Vaca
Cabeza de Vaca ship wrecks on what we know as Galveston Island. He later explores the interior of Texas on his way to Mexico. -
Apr 20, 1540
Coranado
In search of the seven fabled cities of gold, Coranado lead an expedition into the present southwestern Untied States and across norther Texas. -
Period: to
1600
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La Salle
La Salle establishes fort St. Luis at mategorda bay. -
Period: to
1700
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Period: to
1800
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Austin Grant
Stephen F. Austin gets a grant to start colinization on the Rio Grande. -
Mexican Independance
1824 constitution gave mexico a republican type government but it failed. -
Austin Inprisionment
Stephen F. Austin is arrested because of insciting. -
Battle of Gonzales
Mexico asks for Texas to return one of the cannons that they lost but the Texans reply "come and take it!" -
Battle of Alamo
The Mexican army seiged the Texans in the small Mision called The Alamo it was about 2000 mexicans verses about 190 texans. -
Runaway Scrape begins
Texans were overwhellmed by the Mexican army after two weeks of Seige at The Alamo. -
Massacre at Goliad
Forty-nine Texans stormed the presidio at Goliad and a detachment of Mexican defenders. -
Battle of San Jacinto
Sam Houston and his army of Texans fought the General Santa Ana and his Mexican army for the independance of Texas They sucsede -
Texas secedes and joins the Confederacy
Texas secedes the Union and joins the Confederacy by a vote of 171 to 6 Sam Houston was one of the six. -
Battle of Galveston--- the Bayou City
Texas takes control of Galveston that had been in Union control for many weeks.
