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Christopher Columbus dicovers the west hemisphere in 1492.
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Hernan Cortes comes to the new world and sails to tenochtitlan, the largest and strongest city of the natives. Cortes finds wrong in the saacrifice of the natives, so due to the cause of that he seizes the Aztecas and the gold and silver as well. After that he establishes a spanish colony over the ruins of the tribe.
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he was the first european to see west florida, texas, louisiana, mississippi, and alabama.
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Cabeza the vaca shipwrecked in texas by the cause of a storm. cabeza de vaca also was aided by friendly natives and accompanied by his slave esteban.
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fray marcos claimed to find the seven cities of cibola yet it really wasn't made out of gold so he wasted money and food to get there and coronado's time.
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Ferancisco Coronado led an expidition from Mexico City to present day Kansas
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Luis de Moscoso marched across Louisiana and West Texas with his army of conquistadores.
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La Salle explored the Great lakes, The Mississippi River, and established a base in Texas but was killed by the people in order to let them have their freedom.
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Spain establishes the first settlement in Texas.
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The American colonies won their independence from Great Britian.
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Mexico wins its independence from Spain.
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