TExES History 7-12 Exam Questions
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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
1842 - ANS-Mexican forces twice capture San Antonio and retreat
1845 - ANS-Texas admitted to the Union as a state
1850 - ANS-The Compromise of 1850 adjusts the state boundary assumes Texas' debt
1861 - ANS-Texas secedes from the Union and joins the Confederacy
1865 - ANS-Union troops landed in Galveston and put the Emancipation Proclamation into
effect in Texas ending slavery
1870 - ANS-Texas is readmitted to the Union
1900 - ANS-Galveston is destroyed and 8000 people are killed by a category 4 hurricane
1901 - ANS-The Lucas Gusher comes in: starting the Texas oil boom
1607 - ANS-Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement
1787 - ANS-The Constitution was written
1803 - ANS-Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France
1861-1865 - ANS-The Civil War
Lexington, Massachusetts - ANS-The first shots of the American Revolution were fired in April
1775
Concord, Massachusetts - ANS-The site of the first battle of the American Revolution
Battle of Saratoga - ANS-The turning point of the American Revolution
Yorktown, Virginia - ANS-The British were defeated by George Washington's troops and
signaled the end of the American Revolution.
Fort Sumter - ANS-The first shots of the Civil War were fired here
Battle of Gettysburg - ANS-The turning point in the Civil War for the North. Confederate troops
were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again.
and Answers 2025/2026 A+ Graded
100% Verified.
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
1842 - ANS-Mexican forces twice capture San Antonio and retreat
1845 - ANS-Texas admitted to the Union as a state
1850 - ANS-The Compromise of 1850 adjusts the state boundary assumes Texas' debt
1861 - ANS-Texas secedes from the Union and joins the Confederacy
1865 - ANS-Union troops landed in Galveston and put the Emancipation Proclamation into
effect in Texas ending slavery
1870 - ANS-Texas is readmitted to the Union
1900 - ANS-Galveston is destroyed and 8000 people are killed by a category 4 hurricane
1901 - ANS-The Lucas Gusher comes in: starting the Texas oil boom
1607 - ANS-Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement
1787 - ANS-The Constitution was written
1803 - ANS-Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France
1861-1865 - ANS-The Civil War
Lexington, Massachusetts - ANS-The first shots of the American Revolution were fired in April
1775
Concord, Massachusetts - ANS-The site of the first battle of the American Revolution
Battle of Saratoga - ANS-The turning point of the American Revolution
Yorktown, Virginia - ANS-The British were defeated by George Washington's troops and
signaled the end of the American Revolution.
Fort Sumter - ANS-The first shots of the Civil War were fired here
Battle of Gettysburg - ANS-The turning point in the Civil War for the North. Confederate troops
were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again.
