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    This document provides a brief overview of the history of Texas from Spanish colonization in the 16th century through Texas becoming part of the United States in 1845. It summarizes that Spain was the first European nation to claim Texas in 1519. France also established a colony called Fort St. Louis from 1685-1690. Texas was part of Mexico from 1821-1836, but Anglo and Hispanic settlers had divergent views and Texas revolted, gaining independence in 1836. Texas operated as an independent republic until joining the United States in 1845.

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    This document provides a brief overview of the history of Texas from Spanish colonization in the 16th century through Texas becoming part of the United States in 1845. It summarizes that Spain was the first European nation to claim Texas in 1519. France also established a colony called Fort St. Louis from 1685-1690. Texas was part of Mexico from 1821-1836, but Anglo and Hispanic settlers had divergent views and Texas revolted, gaining independence in 1836. Texas operated as an independent republic until joining the United States in 1845.

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    This document provides a brief overview of the history of Texas from Spanish colonization in the 16th century through Texas becoming part of the United States in 1845. It summarizes that Spain was the first European nation to claim Texas in 1519. France also established a colony called Fort St. Louis from 1685-1690. Texas was part of Mexico from 1821-1836, but Anglo and Hispanic settlers had divergent views and Texas revolted, gaining independence in 1836. Texas operated as an independent republic until joining the United States in 1845.

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    Six Flags over Texas

    Texas Under Spain.


    1519-1685; 1690-1821.

    Spain was the first European nation to


    claim what is now Texas, beginning in
    1519 when Cortez was establishing
    Spanish presence in Mexico, and
    Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda mapped the
    Texas coastline.
    Ysleta Mission in present El Paso,
    established in 1681. Gradually
    expanding from Mexico, other Spanish
    missions, forts and civil settlements
    followed for nearly a century-and-a-
    half until Mexico threw off European
    rule and became independent in 1821
    The Kingdom of France  
    (1685 – 1690)

    The simplified version of the royal banner of France was


    lifted by French nobleman René-Robert Cavalier, who was
    attempting to establish a colony on the Texas coast
    founded a colony called Fort St. Louis.
    U.S.-born descendants of the French-born. In addition, this
    inclusive volume also embraces those French and French
    Creole speakers who form part of the extensive and on-
    going Cajun migration from Louisiana to Texas. This
    collection serves as a unique study of the important--albeit
    inherently limited--influence that even individuals or a small
    ethnic group can have on a larger society.
    Texas Under Mexico. 1821-1836

    For more than a decade after Mexico became


    independent, hardy pioneers from the Hispanic
    south and the Anglo north flowed into Texas.
    It was a frontier region for both; Anglo Texans
    became Mexican citizens. But divergent social
    and political attitudes began to alienate the two
    cultures. The final straw: Mexican General Santa
    Anna scrapped the Mexican federal constitution
    and declared himself dictator.
    Texans revolted and won their independence
    April 21, 1836, on the battleground of San
    Jacinto near Houston. 
    Texas as a Republic. 1836-1845

    During nearly ten years of independence, the


    Texas republic endured epidemics, financial
    crises and still-volatile clashes with Mexico.
    Texas became the birthplace of the American
    cowboy; Texas Rangers were the first to use
    Sam Colt's remarkable six-shooters; Sam
    Houston became an American ideal of rugged
    individualism.
    The red, white and blue Texas state flag with
    its lone star
    The Confederate States of
    America (1861 – 1865)
    Sixteen years after Texas joined the union, the
    American Civil War erupted. Gov. Sam
    Houston, urging Texans to stay aloof or re-
    establish a neutral republic, was driven from
    office.
    First, Texas troops on Texas soil won the final
    battle of the Civil War, not knowing the south
    had capitulated a month earlier. Second,
    returning Texans found a population
    explosion of wild Longhorns, sparking the
    great cattle-trail drives that became American
    legends. 
    Texas in the US.
    1845-1861; 1865-Present

    On joining the union, Texas became the 28th


    star on the U.S. flag. Shrugging aside defeat
    and bitter reconstruction after the Civil War,
    the offspring of Texas pioneers marshaled
    their strengths to secure a future based on
    determined self-reliance.
     First was the fabled Texas Longhorn,
    providing beef for a burgeoning nation. Newly
    turned topsoil on vast farm acreage yielded
    bountiful crops. The 20th Century dawned
    with the discovery of fabulous sources--
    gushers roaring in at a place called Spindletop
    near Beaumont.

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