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Texas has a very interesting history and is an amazing state. There are many many things to learn about its history, but, i have only recorded eleven on this timeline.
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Robert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle established Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay, and thus formed the basis for France's claim to Texas. Two years later, LaSalle was murdered by his own men.
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Mexican explorer Alonso de Leon reached Fort St. Louis, and found it abandoned, during an expedition planned to reestablish Spanish presence in Texas.
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Throughout the 18th century, Spain established Catholic missions in Texas, and along with the missions, the towns of San Antonio, Goliad and Nacogdoches.
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Spanish built a prison, Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Tejas, to protect the East Texas missions.
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Originally named Mission San Antonio de Valero, the Alamo served as home to missionaries and their Indian converts for nearly seventy years. Construction began on the present site in 1724. In 1793, Spanish officials secularized San Antonio's five missions and distributed their lands to remaining Indian residents.
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About 130-men strong, the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition crossed the Sabine from Luisiana in a rebel movement against Spanish rule in Texas.
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The Constitution of 1824 gave Mexico a republican form of government. It failed, however, to define the rights of the states within the republic, including Texas.
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Texans repulsed a detachment of Mexican cavalry at the Battle of Gonzales. The revolution began.
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The Battle of Plum Creek Near present-day Lockhart, ended the boldest and most penetrating Comanche challenge to the Texas Republic.
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The last land engagement of the Civil War was fought at the Battle of Palmito Ranch in far south Texas, more than a month after Gen. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA.
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The dedication of the present state capitol in Austin ended seven years of planning and construction. The building was funded with 3,000,000 acres of land in north Texas.
