Era's In Texas History

Front 1

Age of Contact

Back 1

1.How the Indian lives depeneds on where they live.
2.Cabeza de Vaca explored Texas and wrote down experiences.
3.Spainish explores Texas for gold, god, and glory

Front 2

Spainish Cononial

Back 2

1.Missions bulit for Spain to establish control
2.First mission built in corpus la Ysleta
3.1718- founding of San Antonio

Front 3

Mexican National

Back 3

1.1821-Mexico gains independence from Spain and control of Texas
2, Mose and Stephen F. Austin brought famlies to live in Texas
3.Colonization laws were estabished for Spain to gain control

Front 4

Revolution and Republic

Back 4

Fredonain Rebellion, Mier Teran Report, Law of April 6, 1830, Turtle Bayou Resolutions led to the Texas Revolution
Sam Houston and Santa Anna key leaders in the Revolution
Texas Revolution Battles> Battle Of Gonzales, Alamo, Battle of Goliad, Battle of San Jacinto. He recongnized Texas Independence with the Treaty of Velasco

Front 5

Early Statehood

Back 5

Manifest Destiny was U.S desire to control land from Atlantic to Pacific
U.S Mexican War started over a boundary dispute
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo recongized Texas part of U.S and Mexico gave up AZ, TX, to U.S

Front 6

Civil War and Reconstruction

Back 6

1.Battle fought between North and South union conedrates state
2.States Rights- belief's that states should be able to make decisions over fedral government

Front 7

Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads

Back 7

1.Quanah Parker Native American leader
Cowboys roamed the opem range. Barbed wirew ended the open range
2.Railroads made it possiable to expand $$$

Front 8

Age of Oil

Back 8

1.Galveston Hurricane destoryed gavleston
2.Spindletop produced more oil than any other
3.Women's suffarage fought for the right to vote