Years
Columbus sails the ocean and claims the Americas for Spain
What is 1492?
Skirmish in which the Texan cavalry attacked the Mexican cavalry and stole mules with bags of grass instead of silver attached to them
What is the "Grass Fight"?
Italian explorer and seafarer who discovered the Americas on a voyage from Spain
Who is Christopher Columbus?
A Northerner in the South working for a Reconstruction government
What is a carpetbagger?
Important settlement prominent during the Spanish colonial period
What is 1836?
What is the Civil War?
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
Using naval vessels to prevent shipment of food and supplies into or out of ports
What is a blockade?
The purpose of the Spanish missions in Texas
What is to spread Christianity and Spanish culture to Native Americans?
Stephen F. Austin establishes the first Anglo-American colony in Texas
What is 1821?
The first conflict between Mexican troops and Texas colonists
What is the Battle of Gonzalez?
Announced the abolition of slavery in Texas (beginning Juneteenth)
Who is Union General Gordon Granger?
A white Southerner who supported Reconstruction
What is a scalwag?
Three motivations for Spanish Conquistadors' venture to the New World
Texas becomes the 28th state
What is 1845?
Battle in which Texian defenders are defeated by Mexican forces
What is the Battle of the Alamo?
Who is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
The forced enrollment of people into military service
What is conscription?
Laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed after the Civil War
Alvar Nunez Cabeza da Vaca becomes the first European to set foot on land that would become Texas
What is 1528?
Battle where Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat Santa Anna's Mexican army, securing Texas independence
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
Led the Texan army to victory at the Battle of San Jacinto and became the first elected president of the Republic of Texas
Who is Sam Houston?
A temporary end to fighting
What is an armistice?
The date celebrated as the anniversary of Emancipation Day for enslaved people in Texas
What is Juneteenth?