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The first Texas mission(place created by a religious group to spread its beliefs) was built in 1682.
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Stephen Fuller Austin, also known as the Father of Texas, establishes Texas' first Anglo-American colony in 1822
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The Republic of Texas was an independent country that was created on March 2, 1836.
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Mexico and Texas fight for the freedom of Texas at the Alamo, an old church in San Antonio.
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On December 29,1845, Texas became the 28th U.S. state.
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In 1861, Texas joined the Confederate States of America.
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The boll weevil moves into Texas and destroys crops.
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In 1963, President John F. Kennnedy was assasinated in Dallas, TX. Lyndon B. Johnson then automatically became president.
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President Lyndon Baines Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act.
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Sandra Day O'Conner becomes the first female U.S. Supreme court associate justice.
