Unit 2 - Revolution/Republic Timeline

  • Battle of Goliad

    Battle of Goliad

    Location: fort Presidio Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahía
  • Texas Independent Trail Region

    Texas Independent Trail Region

    1835-1836 Battle areas: Gonzales, Goliad, San Antonio, San Jacinto
  • Texas Revolution began

  • Battle of Alamo

    Battle of Alamo

    Texans vs. Mexico for control of Texas
  • Battle of San Jacinto

    Sam Houston & Texian army victory vs Mexican army
  • Treaties of Velasco signed

    Treaties of Velasco signed

    Ended Texas Revolution
  • President: Andrew Jackson

    1829-1837
  • Republic of Texas

    Republic of Texas

    1836-1846: Existed as separate nation
  • Sam Houston commander of Texas military

    Sam Houston commander of Texas military

  • Texas independence from Mexico

    Texas independence from Mexico

    Republic of Texas a soverign state of North America
  • Fall of Alamo

  • Goliad Massacre

    Goliad Massacre

    Colonel James W. Fannin and Texas troops defeated by Mexicans
  • Sam Houston elected President of Republic of Texas

    Sam Houston elected President of Republic of Texas

  • President: Martin Van Buren

    1837-1841
  • President: William Henry Harrison

  • President: John Tyler

    1841-1845
  • President: James Knox Polk

    1845-1849
  • Texas becomes 28th state

    Texas becomes 28th state

  • Texas Statehood

    Texas Statehood

    Authority given for Texas to become 28th state of the United States.