TExES History 7-12 Exam Questions And Answers

TExES History 7-12 Exam Questions And Answers 1529 - ANS Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda maps Texas 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 Texas territory 1688 - ANS The French colony is massacred 1689 - ANS The French continue to claim Texas but no longer physically occupies any part of the territory 1690 - ANS Alonso de Leon established Catholic missions throughout Texas 1762 - ANS The French give up their claims to Texas and cede Louisiana to Spain until 1800 1800 - ANS Much of north Texas is returned to France and later sold to the U.S. in the Louisiana Purchase 1823 - ANS Stephen F. Austin begins a colony known as the Old Three Hundred along the Brazos River 1832 - ANS Battle of Velasco-first casualties of Texas Revolution 1832-33 - ANS "The Conventions" responded to unrest over the Policies of the Mexican government 1835 - ANS The Texas Revolution officially began in an effort to obtain freedom from Mexico 1836 - ANS The "Convention of 1836" signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. The Battle of the Alamo. Santa Anna executed nearly 400 Texans @ the Massacre @ Goliad. Sam Houston leads an army of 800 to victory by capturing the entire Mexican army @ the Battle of San Jacinto. The Treaty of Velasco is signed by Santa Anna and Republic of Texas officials 1837 - ANS Sam Houston moves the capital of Texas five times ending in Houston 1839 - ANS Austin becomes the capital of the Republic of Texas