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The Native Indians of Texas
included the Apache, Alabama, Atakapa, Biloxi,
Caddo, Cherokee, Choctaw, Comanche, Creeks, Koasati,
Koroa, Kiowa, Muskogee, Pueblos, Quapaw, Shawnee,
Waco and Wichita tribes
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1519 |
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
explores and maps the Texas coastline |
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1528 |
Cabeza de Vaca explores the
Texas interior on his way to Mexico |
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1540 |
The Spanish explorer,
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (1510-1554) explores
northern Texas |
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1685 |
Texas claimed by the French
explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
(1643-1687) for France
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1700's |
Spain establishes Catholic
missions throughout Texas |
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1756 |
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.
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1775 |
1775 - 1783 - The American
Revolution creates the United States of America. The
Revolution was due to the British burden of taxes
and total power to legislate any laws governing the
American colonies
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1776 |
July 4, 1776 - United States
Declaration of Independence |
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1778 |
July 10, 1778 - France
declares war against Britain and makes an alliance
with the American revolutionary forces
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1783 |
September 3, 1783 - The Treaty
of Paris is signed by the victorious United States
and the defeated Great Britain
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1812 |
The Gutierrez-Magee Expedition
cross the Sabine from Louisiana against Spanish rule
in Texas |
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1830 |
Mexico bans emigration into
Texas by settlers from the United States |
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1835 |
Revolution begins at the
Battle of Gonzales |
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1835 |
Texans lead by Jim Bowie win
the Battle of Concepcion, near San Antonio |
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1836 |
The Texas Declaration of
Independence |
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1836 |
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
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1836 |
The Battle of San Jacinto -
Texans under Sam Houston defeat Santa Anna and win
independence |
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1845 |
Statehood - The Date that
Texas was admitted to the Union - December 29, 1845.
Constitution - Texas was the 28th State to be
admitted to the Union. State Motto - " Friendship ".
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1846 |
The Mexican-American War due
to disputes over claims to Texas boundaries. The
outcome fixed the southern boundary at the Rio
Grande River
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1861 |
1861 - 1865: The American
Civil War. In 1859 John Brown raided Harpers Ferry
and set in motion events that led directly to the
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 bombardment of
Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the
American Civil War.
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1865 |
The surrender of Robert E. Lee
on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy |
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1865 |
1865 December 6 - The
Abolishment of Slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution is ratified, thus officially
abolishing slavery.
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1865 |
The surrender of Robert E. Lee
on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy |
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1898 |
1898-1901 The Spanish American
War. On December 10, 1898 the Treaty of Paris the US
annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.
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