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Many Texians, including the government, fled their homes in the Runaway Scrape. On March 19 the Texas troops marched into an open prairie outside of Goliad during a heavy fog. When they stopped to rest their animals, Urrea and his main army surrounded them. The Texas force numbered at least 300 soldiers, and the Mexicans had 300 to 500 troops.
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Early European Exploration and Settlement
1519 - Mid - Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda maps Texas coastline. 1528- Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked near Galveston begin exploration. 1541- Francisco Vázquez de Coronado crosses the Texas Panhandle in search of in search of the seven cities of Cibola. 1554 - Coronado dies. He is one of the first white men to explore Texas, and leader of one of 20 Spanish explorations of the area. 1598 - April 30- Thanksgiving is held near present-day El Paso by Juan de Onate, the member...
1629- Jumano Indians requested Spanish missionaries from New Mexico to travel to the vicinity of present-day San Angelo and instruct the Jumanos about Christianity. 1682- First Spanish mission, Corpus Christi de la Isleta, is established a few miles from present-day El Paso. 1685 - February 16- French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Sall...
1716-1789- Throughout the 18th Century, Spain established Catholic missions in Texas, and the towns of San Antonio, Goliad and Nacogdoches. 1716 - Spanish build a presidio, Nuestra Senora de los Dolores de los Tejas, to protect the East Texas missions. 1718 -May 1 - San Antonio de Valero mission, known as the Alamo was the chapel, is founded in San...
1810 - Sept. 16- Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costillo and several hundred of his parishioners seize the prison at Dolores, Mexico, beginning Mexico's struggle for independence from Spain. 1812 -August 8- About 130-men strong, the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition crossed the Sabine from Louisiana in a rebel movement against Spanish rule in Texas. 1813 1. Texa...
1900 - Sept. 8- The "Great Hurricane," destroys much of Galveston and kills 6,000 people there. 1901 - Jan. 10- Oil found by mining engineer Capt. A.F. Lucas at Spindletop near Beaumont catapults Texas into the petroleum age. 1902- Poll tax becomes a requirement for voting. 1906- Texans votes for US senator in the Democratic primary, although the T...
2000- Former Texas Gov. George W. Bush elected President of the United States. 2001- Enron filed for bankruptcy protection 2003- Space shuttle Columbia broke apart across southeastern Texas as it descended toward its planned landing, all crew members were lost 2004- 1. Lance Armstrong won sixth Tour de France 2. George W. Bush re-elected U. S. Pres...
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Feb 7, 2023 · Texas Revolution Quick Facts. Start Date: The Texas Revolution officially started on October 2, 1835, with the Battle of Gonzales. End Date: It ended on April 21, 1836, with the Texan victory at the Battle of San Jacinto. Outcome: Texan forces won the Texas Revolution, securing independence from Mexico.
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The Texas Congress admonished Houston for the incident, and the incident solidified Austin as Texas's seat of government for the Republic and the future state. [124] Statehood, war, and expansion (1845–1860) [ edit ]
Apr 19, 2024 · Texas Revolution, war fought from October 1835 to April 1836 between Mexico and Texas colonists that resulted in Texas’s independence from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas (1836–45).
Texas in the Cold War. In 1835, tensions turned to outright rebellion against the new Centralist government of Mexico led by Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. After events at Gonzales and Goliad led by colonial militia, the Consultation of November 1835 established a provisional government as well as a regular army, militia structure, and naval force.
Jul 21, 2010 · On March 2, Texas’ revolutionary government formally declared its independence from Mexico. In the early morning of March 6, Santa Anna ordered his troops to storm the Alamo.
