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EARLY
TEXAS HISTORY

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UNIT 1: PREHISTORIC TEXAS:

TIMELINE and CHRONOLOGY SKILLS:

PALEOINDIAN PERIOD:

People:

Migration to North America:
Prehistoric Texans:
Clovis:
Folsom:

Habitats:

Plateaus and Canyonlands:
South Texas Plains:
Trans Pecos:

Houses:

Grass Houses:
Pueblos:
Rockshelters:
Slabhouses:
Tipis:
Wickiups:

ARCHAIC PERIOD:

People:
Points:

NATIVE AMERICAN GROUPS:

Apache:
Caddo:
Cherokee:
Comanche:
Jumano:
Karankawa:

UNIT 2: EUROPEAN EXPLORATION and COLONIZATION:

EUROPEAN EXPLORATION:

Overview:

Exploration, Colonization, Settlement:
Western Hemisphere:
North America:
Texas:

The Explorers:

Alonso Álvarez de Pineda:
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca:
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado:
René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle:
Pánfilo de Narváez:
Juan de Oñate:

SPANISH TEXAS:

Catholicism, Missions and Presidios:

Overview:
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park:
Mission San Sabá:
Presidio San Sabá:

Mexico Independence:

Overview:
War for Independence
Republic of Mexico:
Texas in the Republic of Mexico:

Empresarios:

Overview:
Moses Austin:
Stephen F. Austin:
Martin de León:

UNIT 3: REVOLUTION, REPUBLIC and ANNEXATION:

TEXAS REVOLUTION:

Fredonia Rebellion:
Law of April 6, 1830:
Turtle Bayou Resolutions:
Battle of Gonzalez:
Goliad Campaign:
Capture of San Antonio de Béxar:
The Alamo:
Jim Bowie:
Davy Crockett:
Antonio López de Santa Anna:
Juan Seguín:
William Travis:
The Siege and Battle:
The Survivors:
Goliad Massacre:
Battle of San Jacinto:

REPUBLIC of TEXAS:

Washington-on-the-Brazos - Independence from Mexico:
Presidents:
1. David Burnet:
2. Sam Houston:
3. Mirabeau B. Lamar:
4. Sam Houston (2nd term)
5. Anson Jones:

This textbook last edited 12/19/2009
This textbook last revised 09/22/2008
This textbook created 04/27/2008