Texas Milestones

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  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    1500s

  • Cabeza de Vaca
    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.
  • Coronado
    Apr 20, 1540

    Coronado

    Coronado was looking through South west United States and North Texas looking for the city Cibola.
  • Period: to

    1600s

  • La Salle

    La Salle

    La Salle estabolished Ft. St. Louis on Madagora Bay.
  • Period: to

    1700s

  • Period: to

    1800s

  • Austin Grant

    Austin Grant

    Ausin began Colozination by the Brazos River.
  • Mexican Independance

    Mexican Independance

    Mexico finally got a Republican goverment and later failed the rights for the States, including Texas.
  • Austin Imprisoned

    Austin Imprisoned

    Under suspicion of inticing insurrection, president Santa Ana threw Austin in Jail.
  • Battle at Gonzales

    Battle at Gonzales

    Texas Repulsed the detachment and the revolution began.
  • Battle of Alamo

    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

    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

    Massacre at Goilad

    James Fannin and 400 others were murdered under the order of Santa Ana, at Goilad.
  • Battle of San Jacinto

    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

    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 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

    Battle of Galveston- the bayou city

    After several weeks under federal control, the battle of galveston restored the island under texas control.