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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
1500s
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Nov 5, 1528
Cabeza de Vaca
ship wrecked on Galveston -
Apr 20, 1540
Coronado
leads an expedition for the lost city of cebola the city of Gold -
Period: to
1600s
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La Salle
In his Texas period, LaSalle lost his life and failed to find a route to the Pacific or to found a permanent settlement that would establish a claim for the King of France over the area. But he had set in motion a chain of events that ended with Texas and its huge land mass and riches becoming a part of the United States of America. -
Period: to
1700s
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Period: to
1800s
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Austin Grant
Jump to: navigation, search Stephen F. Austin (by an unidentified artist)
Stephen Fuller Austin (November 3, 1793 – December 27, 1836) was an American empresario born in Virginia and raised in southeastern Missouri. He was known as the Father of Texas, led the second, but first legal and ultimately successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families from the United States -
Mexican Independence
The Mexican War of Independence was an armed conflict between the people of Mexico and the Spanish colonial authorities which started on September 16, 1810. The movement, the Mexican War of Independence, was led by Mexican-born Spaniards, Mestizos and Amerindians who wanted independence from Spain. -
Austin Imprisoned
Once the Texans got a new constitution, the colonial leaders directed Austin to travel to Mexico City to present it to the government along with a list of other demands. Austin conceded to the will of the people, but President Santa Ana refused to grant Texas separate status from Coahuila and threw Austin in prison on suspicion of inciting insurrection -
Battle of Gonzales
Mexicans attacked the texans and the mexicans retreated after a short battle -
Battle of Alamo
The Texans made a stand at the mission of the Alamo and eventually all died -
Runaway Scrape begins
When Texans applied to fight from their Homes -
Massacre of Goliad
Travis, stuck in the Alamo, had been making frantic efforts to get reinforcements. He sent Bonham to Goliad and Gonzales to ask for help. -
Battle of San Jacinto
When the Texans take the Mexican's by suprise and force the Mexican's to surrender and winning their independence -
Texas Joins the United States
Texas becomes part of the U.S. and breaks away from its republic -
Texas secedes and becomes part of the confederacy
Texas secedes from the U.S. and becomes a confederate state -
Battle of Galveston - the Bayou City
About dawn on New Year's Day, 1863, the Confederate Cottonclads entered the west end of Galveston harbor. Their nearest and first target was the Union's Harriet Lane.
