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1)1519
ReplyDelete2)Pineda maps the coast of Texas
3)Pineda maps the coast of Texas from the ship he was on with other Spanish explorers. This marks the first time that Texas enters recorded history.
1.1528
ReplyDelete2. Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked on Galveston Island.
3. After a few hurricanes and fights with Native Americans, Cabeza de Vaca's ship and crew were shipwrecked on now-day Galveston Island. Only 15 people survived.
1540-1542
ReplyDeleteFrancisco Vasquez de Coronado lead a search for the seven cities of gold known as Cibola.
For two years, he explored Texas trying to find Cibola. The search was not successful.
1.) February 18,1685
ReplyDelete2.) Robert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle established Fort St. Louis
3.) LaSalle founded this fort making France's claim on Texas. Two years later, he was murdered by his own crew.
1)May 1st 1718
ReplyDelete2)Settling of San Antonio De Valero.
3)Father Buenaventura An Martin Alarcon built the mission and then built the presidio across the river. They were given permission to build by the king of Spain.
1) 1721
ReplyDelete2) Royal order in Spain.
3) In 1721 the Council of Indies introduced a royal order to the King of Spain. Its main purpose was to direct Texas authorities to stop all further hostilities towards the French.
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ReplyDelete1) 1773
ReplyDelete2) San Antonio de Bexar became the capital of Spanish Texas.
3) San Antonio was originally a mission but eventually became a city and the capital of Texas. Instead of calling the city San Antonio de Bexar they called it San Antonio.
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ReplyDelete1)1779. 2)Spain Makes Changes. 3)In 1779 a group led by Gil Ybarbo went to East Texas and fund a community in Nacogdiches.The place became bigger , and became the second most prosperous town in Spainsh Texas.
ReplyDelete1)1811
Delete2)The Mexican state of Texas is independent from Spain
3) On January 22, 1811, Las Casas declared the Mexican state of Texas independent from Spain.
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ReplyDelete1) August 8, 1812
ReplyDelete2) Gutierrez-Magee Expedition
3) The expedition led 130 men to Texas to settle with the Spanish there who settled in the area. These groups of men were from France to stop Spanish settlement in Texas.
1) 1793
ReplyDelete2) Most Spanish Missions in Texas are closed
3) In Texas, almost all missions are closed.
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Delete1) 1821
Delete2) Stephen F. Austin brought 300 families to Texas.
3) Successful impresario, Stephen F. Austin, brought 300 Anglo families over to Texas in 1821. Those families soon became known as "The Old 300".
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ReplyDelete1) January 1, 1823
ReplyDelete2) Colonization of Stephen F. Austin
3) Stephen F. Austin received a grant from the Mexican government and began colonization in the region of the Brazos River.
1) 1828-1829
ReplyDelete2) Meir y Teran report.
3)The Mexican government sent Meir y Teran to Nacogdoches. He found out that the Anglos outnumbered Mexicans at least 10-1.
This was figured to be throughout Texas. He told the Mexican leaders that if they didn't do something Texas would become overrun with Anglos.
1) June 26, 1832
ReplyDelete2)Battle of Velasco
2) 26 June 1832--The Battle of Velasco resulted in the first casualties in Texas' relations with Mexico. After several days of fighting, the Mexicans under Domingo de Ugartechea were forced to surrender for lack of ammunition.
1) March 3, 1836
ReplyDelete2) Texas becomes The Republic of Texas.
3) Texas got independance from Mexico in 1836.The Texas Declaration of Independence was signed by members of the Convention of 1836. An ad interim government was formed for the newly created Republic of Texas.
1)March 6, 1836
Delete2) Battle Of The Alamo
3) This was the battle that the Mexicans got revenge on. The leaders were Santa Anna in the Mexican side and William Travis and Jim Bowie in the Anglo-American side.
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1) March 6, 1836
ReplyDelete2) Battle Of The Alamo
3)This was the battle that the Mexicans got revenge on. The leaders were Santa Anna in te Mexican side and William Travis and Jim Bowie in the Anglo-American side.
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Delete1) May 1836
Delete2)Treaties of Velasco
3)Santa Anna only signed these treaties because he knew his life was in danger. He didn't sign them because he recognized Texas's independence or thier treaty.
1) April 21, 1836
Delete2) Battle of San Jacinto
3) This battle was won and gained teas independence from Mexico. Without this battle, Mexico’s forces could have come together and defeat the Texas army
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1)1837
ReplyDelete2)Statehood recognition
3) The Republic of Texas was recognized by the United States,France,England,the Netherlands and Belgium.
1) 1845
ReplyDelete2) Texas becomes welcome as the 28th state to America.
3) In 1845 Texas became a part of America. Texas was the 28th state to become a official state in America.
1) 1845
ReplyDelete2) The Republic of Texas ended
3) The Republic of Texas was started in 1836 and coninued for nine years. The Republic of Texas fought for the freedom of Texas from Mexico.
1)February 19, 1846
ReplyDelete2)Texas becomes part of the U.S.
3)The United States approved a law for Texas to become the 28th state. Then a while later, President Jones announced the annexation of Texas.
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ReplyDelete1)November 1850
ReplyDelete2)Compromise of 1850
3)In a plan to settle boundary disputes and pay its' public debt, Texas relinquished about one-third of her territory in the Compromise of 1850, in exchange for $10,000,000 from the United States.
1) May 1852
ReplyDelete2) Lone Star State Fair
3) The first ever Lone Star State Fair was in Corpus Christi which symbolized a period of success in Texas during the 1850's. One of the organizers, Henry L. Kinney, persuaded Dr. Ashbel Smith to manage the fair.
1) April 1856
ReplyDelete2) Great American Desert
3) The U.S. military was moving shipments of supplies to Port Indianola. They moved 32 shipments of supplies on camel back through the "Great American Desert."
1)1857
ReplyDelete2)Native Americans are attacked by U.S. army
3)Army conducts 19 hostile actions against Natives, 15 by units of 2nd Cavalry, including a pursuit through Texas from Fort Clark to the Wichita Mountains in Native's Territory.
1) 1858
Delete2) Anson Jones Dies
3) After a long hard life Anson Jones commits suicide and leaves us as the last president of the Republic of Texas.
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1) February 1, 1861
ReplyDelete2) Texas Secedes Union
3) Texas decided to secede the Union. The Secession Convention voted a 171 to 6 vote to secede. Sam Houston did not want to secede.
October 22, 1861
Delete2) The confederacy pushes west.
3) Advance units of the newly formed brigade of General H. Sibley marched westward from San Antonio to claim New Mexico and the American southwest for the Confederacy. The Confederacy wanted this land because it was free land.
1)The Great Hanging At Gainesville
ReplyDelete2)October 1862
3) 40 suspected Unionists in Confederate Texas were hanged at Gainesville, in the October of 1862.The Great Hanging was a result of many years of building tensions.
1) The Emancipation Proclomation was signed
ReplyDelete2) January 1, 1863
3) The Emancipation Proclomation was signed by Abraham Lincoln. This freed all slaves in the rebellious states.
1)March 9th, 1864
ReplyDelete2) Ulysses S. Grant is appointed commander of the Union Army.
3) Lincoln signed Ulysses Grant's commission to command the U.S. Army. Giving the future president the job of commanding the Union troops against the Confederate Army.
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ReplyDelete1) June 19, 1865
ReplyDelete2) The Thirteenth Amendment was passed
3) All slaves in the U.S. were freed. Since communication methods were still primitive, few were aware that the Civil War ended two months earlier.
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ReplyDelete1) 1870
ReplyDelete2) 15th Ammendment was ratified.
3) When this ammendment was passed it gave African Americans the right to vote. Women were still not yet allowed to vote.
1) March 30, 1870
ReplyDelete2) Texas was readmitted into the Union.
3) The Union didn't readmit Texas for a long time. The Union was worried that Texas, being a slave state, would have slaves hidden and not let them go.
1)Feburary 15, 1876
ReplyDelete2)Texas adopted the sixth constotution.
3)The people in Texas voted 136,606 to 56,652. It also had some spanish and mexican influence.
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1)15 September, 1883
ReplyDelete2)The University of Texas opened its doors in Austin for its inaugural session.
3)First courses were offered in the Academic Department and a Law Department.
1) May 16, 1888
ReplyDelete2) Austin is built
3) The planning and construction of Austin ended 7 years ago. Austin took up 3,000,000 acres of land in north Texas.
1) 1891
Delete2)James Hogg becomes the first governor of Texas that is a native of the state.
3) He was one of our more successful governors. He's famous for creating the Texas Railroad Commission, and his daughter's name Ima Hogg.
1)1884
ReplyDelete2)The Treaty of 1884
3)The Treaty of 1884 clarified where the border between Texas and Mexico ended. There was a previous Treaty, The Treaty of Guadelupe Hildalgo, but that treaty had failed to end the dispute over the border.
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ReplyDelete1) May 16, 1888
2)The dedication of the present state capital in austin ended seven years of construction and planning.
3)The building was funded with 3,000,000 of acres of land in north Texas.
1.1900 Galveston hurricane
Delete2.A giant hurricane came though Galveston and destroyed most of the city.
3.Cause of this most people moved to Houston after the hurricane to get away from the city.
1) 1901
ReplyDelete2) Oil was discovered at Spindletop.
3) Spindletop pumped 3.59 millions gallons of oil in its first year and 17.4 million gallons of oil in the following year. Spindletop is one of the biggest oil discoveries in the country at that time.
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ReplyDelete1) 1918
ReplyDelete2) Women won the right to vote
3) The women had been trying to get the right tp vote for a long time. They finally won in 1918. That was definately an exciting time for women.
1) 1901
ReplyDelete2) Spindletop
3) The first sufficient oil source in Texas. Gushed for nine days straight.
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1) 1919
ReplyDelete2) World War I is officially over
3) After four years Texans finally get to come home from overseas.
1. 1921
ReplyDelete2. The flooding of San Antonio.
3. In San Antonio a rainstorm arose on the 8th of September. Later that night almost 50 houses were swept away! The final death toll recorded was 224.
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