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  1. 2 days ago · The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos (Hispanic Texans) against the centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas.

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  3. 18 hours ago · His son George W. Bush served two terms as governor of Texas and was president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. Greg Abbott, who became the state’s governor in 2015, was an influential figure in the conservative movement. (Read Lyndon Johnson’s Britannica entry on Sam Rayburn.)

  4. 4 days ago · Texas was annexed by the United States and admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845. The governor is inaugurated on the third Tuesday of January every four years along with the lieutenant governor, and serves a term of four years.

  5. Jul 6, 2024 · The student is expected to: (A) identify the major eras in Texas history, describe their defining characteristics, and explain the purpose of dividing the past into eras, including Natural Texas and its People; Age of Contact; Spanish Colonial; Mexican National; Revolution and Republic; Early Statehood; Texas in the Civil War and Reconstruction ...

  6. 2 days ago · By 1528, when the first Europeans entered the interior of Texas, the area was sparsely settled, but the culture and habitation of the Native Americans exerted measurable influence on the later history of the region.

  7. Jul 15, 2024 · 14,000 BCE: The First Peoples. Peoples settled in what is now Texas thousands of years before European explorers arrived in North America. Some American Indian oral histories recount how their ancestors traveled to the area by water or land.

  8. Jul 16, 2024 · From the infamous “Jackalope,” a mythical creature said to roam the plains of West Texas with the body of a jackrabbit and the antlers of a deer, to the legendary “Chili Cook-Off” that supposedly led to the Great Texas Flood of 1842, Texas is home to some of the tallest tales ever told.

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