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Period: Sep 17, 1500 to
1500's
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Nov 5, 1528
Cabeza de Vaca
This boat ship-wrecked on what is now galveston island. He later explored Texas on his way to to Mexico. -
Apr 20, 1540
Coronado
Coronado lead an expedition into present southwestern territory and across Texas. -
Period: to
1600'2
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La Salle
He established Fort St. Louis which formed the french claim on Texas. He was murdered 2 years later. -
Period: to
1700's
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Period: to
1800's
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Austin's grant
Austin received a grant from Mexico and colonized people on the Brazos river. -
Mexican Independance
The constiution in 1824 gave a republican form of government for Mexico. -
Austin imprisoned
Vice-president Farias imprisoned Stephen F. Austin while he was traveling in Mexico. -
Battle at Gonzales
Mexicans were takiong weapons from cities to use in battle for themselves. A group of texans were asked to give up their cannon and other weapons. The texans shot a cannon ball then hung a flag that said "come and taake it". -
Runaway Scrape begins
All the colonists were scared that Santa Anna was winning battles so they packed up and ran away. They came back to their homes after the battle of San Jacinto was won. -
Massacre at Goliad begins
5000 mexicans began to fall on varius cities, they left no one alive. -
Battle of San Jacinto
The texans and the mexicans fought until the mexicans were overpowered. -
Texas joins the united states
James Polk made Texas the 28th state of the united states. -
Texas secedes and joins Confederacy
In 1861 Texas seceded from the federal union . The vote in the secession convention was 171 for seccesion and 6 against it. -
Battle of Galveston -the Bayou City
In 1863 the confederate cottonclads entered west Galveston in boats and battled two other boats called The Lane and The Bayou City.
