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Cabeza de Vaca gets ship wrecked in Galveston and trades in the regions for six years.he explored Texas later on his way to Mexico.
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Coronado led his expedition across northern Texas on the search for the Seven Cities of Cibola.
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LaSalle Established Fort St.Louis which showed Fance's claim to Texas at Matagorda Bay before he murderd two years later by his own men.
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Stephen F. Austin recieves permission to establish colonies near the Brazos River.
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Mexico's Constitution of 1824 gave them a Republican form of goverment, but the Constitution did not talk about the rights of the states, like Texas.
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The Mexicans imprisoned Austin in Mexico City because he was a Texas colonizer. This helped lead to the rebellion.
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The Mexicans came to retrieve a cannon from gonzalez, but they retreated after a short fight and one casualty. This was the first battle of the rebellion.
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The Mexicans started a two week seige on the Alamo before the Texans left inside were slaughtered and overwhelmed. This started the Runaway Scrape.
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The Alamo is the battle that starts the Runaway Scrape.
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The Mexicans executed four-hundred Texans at Goliad.
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Sam Houston defeated the Mexicans, captured Santa Anna, and won the war for independence at San Jacinto.
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President James Polk signed Texas as the 28th state.
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Texas seceded after a 171 to 6 vote.Sam Houston was opposed to seceding.
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Texas' most important port, Galveston, is retaken by the Texans and is held for the remainder of the Civil War.
