| A | B |
|---|
| 1519 | Spanish explorer Pineda was the first European to explore the TX Coastline |
| 1718 | A new mission called the San Antonio de Valero also know as the Alamo was established |
| 1821 | SFA arrives in TX with 300 settlers. MX wins its Independence from Spain. |
| 1836 | George Childress writes the TX Declaration of Independence from MX. |
| 1845 | TX is annexed to US and becomes the 28th state. |
| 1861-65 | Civil War |
| 1876 | A new TX Constitution was written to limit the power of state government. |
| 1939-1945 | World War II |
| 1963 | JFK was assassinated in TX |
| 1607 | (Jamestown is founded – first successful English colony) |
| 1776 | (Declaration of Independence – written by Thomas Jefferson) |
| 1787 | (Constitution of the US – drafted by James Madison) |
| 1803 | (Louisiana Purchas - Thomas Jefferson negotiated with France’s Napoleon to buy the middle section of present day America for $15 million) |
| 1865-1877 | (Reconstruction – rebuilding the Southern states following the Civil War) |
