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Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish Explorer that explored the new world. After a shipwreck on or near Galveston Island, he and the other explorers with him on the ship were enslaved by Native Indians and he was one of the few survivors of the expiditon.
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was a Spanish conquistador who visited New Mexico and wanted to conquer the mythical Seven Cities of Gold.
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Robert de La Salle was a French Explorer. He explored the Great Lakes, Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. He claimed the whole Mississippi River for France.
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Stephen F Austin's father, Moses Austin tried to start a colony in San Antonio after the economy went into a depression. This colony was started in Texas and Stephen F Austin got families to move into it.
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Mexican wins its Independence.
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Stephen F Austin gets imprisoned.
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The Battle at Gonzales occurs.
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The Battle of the Alamo.
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Texans run from their homes as Santa Anna attempts to retake Texas.
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Battles that ended the Goliad campaign.
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Sam Houston defeats Santa Anna.
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Texas joins the United States,
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Texas joins the Confederacy.
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The Battle of Galveston was a naval and land battle when the Union was fought out of Galveston.
