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Texas Timeline, By: KCL.

By 17Kaytlinw@EustaceISD
  • Feb 1, 1519

    Alonso Alvarez de Pineda explores and maps the Texas coastline.

  • Feb 3, 1528

    Cabeza de Vaca explores the Texas interior on his way to Mexico.

  • Feb 4, 1540

    The Spanish explorer, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (1510-1554) explores northern Texas.

  • Texas claimed by the French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643-1687) for France.

  • Spain establishes Catholic missions throughout Texas.

  • The Seven Years War.

    1756 - 1763: The Seven Years War (French and Indian War) due to disputes over land is won by Great Britain. France gives England all French territory east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and west Florida to the English in return for Cuba.

  • July 4, 1776 - United States Declaration of Independence

  • France declares war against Britain and makes an alliance with the American revolutionary forces.

  • The Treaty of Paris is signed by the victorious United States and the defeated Great Britain.

  • The Gutierrez-Magee Expedition cross the Sabine from Louisiana against Spanish rule in Texas.

  • Mexico bans emigration into Texas by settlers from the United States.

  • Revolution begins at the Battle of Gonzales.

  • Texans lead by Jim Bowie win the Battle of Concepcion, near San Antonio.

  • The Texas Declaration of Independence.

  • The Alamo.

    The Alamo.

    Texans under Colonel William B. Travis were defeated by the Mexican army after a two-week siege at the Battle of the Alamo in San Antonio.

  • The Battle of San Jacinto - Texans under Sam Houston defeat Santa Anna and win independence

  • The Mexican-American War due to disputes over claims to Texas boundaries. The outcome fixed the southern boundary at the Rio Grande River.

  • 1861 - 1865:

    In 1859 John Brown raided Harpers Ferry and set in motion events that led directly to the outbreak of the Civil War. outbreak of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln, a known opponent of slavery, was elected president and in 1861 the South Secedes. The initial Secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States of America.

  • The surrender of Robert E. Lee on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy.

  • 1865 December 6

    The Abolishment of Slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, thus officially abolishing slavery.

  • The surrender of Robert E. Lee on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy.

  • 1898-1901 The Spanish American War. On December 10, 1898 the Treaty of Paris the US annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.

  • McKinley was assassinated.

  • Theodore Roosevelt became president.

  • 1903

    The first two-way wireless communication between the United States and Europe is accomplished by Guglielmo Marconi.

  • November 1904

    Theodore Roosevelt wins his first election for President after three years in the office due to the death of President William Mckinley.

  • 1905

    The city of Las vegas, Nevada is formed with a scale of 110 acres.

  • Susan B. Anthony died.

    She was the person who created the Flag.

  • Roosevelt negotiated the Treaty of Portsmouth.

  • Oklahoma became a state.

  • The United States acquired the Virgin Islands.

  • The U.S. Virgin Islands were purchased from Denmark.

  • World War I: The United States entered the war.

  • timeline

    In 1913 the panama conow was open around 11am after the us and panama sighned a deal.