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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
1500s
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Nov 5, 1528
Cabeza de Vaca
Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked on Galveston. He traded around the area for six years and explored the Texas interior on the way to Mexico. -
Apr 20, 1540
Coronado
Coronado was looking through South west United States and North Texas looking for the city Cibola. -
Period: to
1600s
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La Salle
La Salle estabolished Ft. St. Louis on Madagora Bay. -
Period: to
1700s
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Period: to
1800s
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Austin Grant
Ausin began Colozination by the Brazos River. -
Mexican Independance
Mexico finally got a Republican goverment and later failed the rights for the States, including Texas. -
Austin Imprisoned
Under suspicion of inticing insurrection, president Santa Ana threw Austin in Jail. -
Battle at Gonzales
Texas Repulsed the detachment and the revolution began. -
Battle of Alamo
William B, Travis leads the Texans into a war with mexico for two weeks, but were too overwelmed. The runaway scrape begins. -
Runaway Scrape Begins
The runaway scrape begins after the Alamo and ends at the battle of San Jacinto. It was mostly a period of terror and pannic among the settlers of Texas. -
Massacre at Goilad
James Fannin and 400 others were murdered under the order of Santa Ana, at Goilad. -
Battle of San Jacinto
Sam Houston and his Texan army, routed with the Mexican army. Defeating the Mexicans, the Texans finally won independance from Mexico. -
Texas Joins the United States of America
James Polk signed a document that finally stated that Texas fas the 28th state of the United Sates of America. -
Texas Secedes and Joins the Confederacy
Texas seceded from the union and form a vote of 171 to 6, the minority of them wanted to secede. -
Battle of Galveston- the bayou city
After several weeks under federal control, the battle of galveston restored the island under texas control.
