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Period: Jan 1, 1490 to
texas history
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Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
age of contact
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Oct 12, 1492
christopher columbus
arrived in the new world
italian
sailed for spain -
Jan 1, 1519
cortez
spamish conqistador
met and conquered the aztecs
would be capital of new spain -
Jan 1, 1519
pineda
spanish
mapped the coast of texas
explorer -
Jan 1, 1527
cabeza de vaca
shipwrecked in galveston
met and lived with the karankawa
has good stories and treasures -
Jan 1, 1540
coronado
sent to find cibola
first to see palo duro & grand canyons
explored much of the texas panhandle -
la salle
built ft. st. louis
killed by his men
sailed all the way from canada to the mississipi river -
Period: to
spanish colonial era
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grito de delores
miguel hidalgo y costilla
to rise up and throw off spanish rule
launched mexican war of independence -
Period: to
mexican national era
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Period: to
revolution & republic era
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Period: to
early statehood
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Period: to
cotton caddle & railroads
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Period: to
civil war and reconstruction era
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Period: to
age of oil
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Period: to
great depression & world war II
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Period: to
civil rights & conservatism
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Period: to
contemporary texas
