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Outline of Texas history
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The following is a topical outline of the history of the United States State of Texas. History of Texas, by period *Prehistory of Texas *Early Spanish exploration, 1519. *French Texas, 1684-1689 *Spanish Texas, as part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, 1690-1821 **History of slavery in Texas ***Parts of the current state were also included in the following provinces of New Spain ***Nueva Vizcaya, 1577-1821 ***Santa Fé de Nuevo Méjico, 1598-1821 ***Nuevo Santander, 1746-1821 **Commandancy General of the Provincias Internas *French colony of Louisiane, 1699-1764 **Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762 *Spanish (though predominantly Francophone) district of Baja Luisiana, 1764-1803 **Third Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800 **French district of Basse-Louisiane, 1803 **Louisiana Purchase of 1803 **Territorial claims of United States Louisiana Purchase, 1803-1821 **Sabine Free State, 1806-1821 **Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 *Mexican War of Independence, September 16, 1810 - August 24, 1821 **Gutiérrez-Magee Expedition, 1812-1813 **Long Expedition, 1819 **Treaty of Córdoba, August 24, 1821 *Mexican Texas, 1821-1836 ***The Constitution of Mexico of 1824 created the state Coahuila y Tejas from Spanish Texas and Coahuila. ***Parts of the current state of Texas were also included in the following Mexican states ***Chihuahua, since 1824 ***Nuevo León, since 1824 ***Tamaulipas, since 1824 ***Santa Fé de Nuevo México, 1824-1848 ***Coahuila, since 1836 **Texas Revolution, 1835-1836 ***Timeline of the Texas Revolution ***Treaties of Velasco, 1836 ***Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836 *Republic of Texas, 1836-1845 **Texas-Indian Wars, 1836-1875 *República del Río Grande, 1840 *State of Texas becomes 28th State admitted to the United States of America on December 29, 1845 **Texas Annexation of 1845 **Mexican-American War, April 25, 1846 - February 2, 1848 ***Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848 **Compromise of 1850 ***Northwestern territorial claims ceded 1850 ***Seventh state to declare secession from the United States on February 1, 1861 ***Seventh state admitted to the Confederate States of America on March 2, 1861 **American Civil War, April 12, 1861 - May 13, 1865 ***Texas in the American Civil War **, 1865-1870 ****Tenth former Confederate state readmitted to the United States on March 30, 1870 **Comanche Campaign, 1868-1874 **Spanish-American War, April 25 - August 12, 1898 **World War I, June 28, 1914 - November 11, 1918 ***United States enters Great War on April 6, 1917 **World War II, September 1, 1939 - September 2, 1945 ***United States enters Second World War on December 8, 1941 **Big Bend National Park established on June 12, 1944 **Cold War, March 5, 1946 - December 25, 1991 **Korean War, June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953 **Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes 34th President of the United States on January 20, 1953 **African-American Civil Rights Movement from December 1, 1955, to January 20, 1969 **Vietnam War, September 26, 1959 - April 30, 1975 **Assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963 ***Vice President (and former United States Senator from Texas) Lyndon Johnson assumes the Presidency on November 22, 1963 **President Lyndon Johnson signs the National Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965 **Guadalupe Mountains National Park established on October 15, 1966 **George H.W. Bush becomes 41st President of the United States on January 20, 1989 **Persian Gulf War, August 2, 1990 - February 28, 1991 **George W. Bush becomes 43rd President of the United States on January 20, 2001 **Attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001 **Afghanistan War, since October 7, 2001 **Iraq War, since March 20, 2003 History of Texas, by subject *History of marriage in Texas See Also
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