TExES 232 Social Studies 7-12
[Important Texas History Dates] Exam
Questions and Answers latest
1519 Ans: Spanish first mapped Texas coastline
1529 Ans: Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
maps TX Coast
1528-34 Ans: Alvar Nunez Cabez de Vaca explores Texas
for trade
1685 Ans: LaSalle established Ft. St. Louis @ Matagorda
Bay, providing the basis of French claim to TX territory
1688 Ans: The French colony is massacred
1689 Ans: The French continue to claim TX, but no
longer physically occupy any part of the territory
1690 Ans: Alonso de Leon established mission in East
Texas
1700-1799 Ans: Spain established Catholic missions
throughout Texas
1762 Ans: The French give up their claims to TX and
secede Louisiana to Spain
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