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Who is William B Travis?

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Leader of Texans at the Alamo victory of death

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Who is Stephen F. Austin?

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Father of Texas anglo settlers to Texas

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What is the Washington on the Brazos?

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site of declaration of independence

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Who were the first Europeans to enter Texas

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Cabeza de Vaca and Esteban

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What is a empresario?

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Land agents who brings settlers to Texas

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what happened on April 21,1836

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Texas becomes independent of Mexican rule.

The battle of San Jacinto.

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Who is Santa Anna?

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the Mexican dictaor

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who was George C. Childress ?

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Author of the Texas Declaration of Independence

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Who was Susanna Dickinson?

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spreads news of the fall of the Alamo.

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Who was jim Bowie ?

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Co-commander at Alamo until he falls ill

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Where was San Antonio located at?

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Located at Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo)

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what were the four Native American cultures?

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plains, southeastern, publeoan, and gulf cultures.

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1519

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Pineda maps the coastal regions of Texas

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1528

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Cabeza de Vaca and Esteban shipwreck in Texas and are first Europeans to enter Texas

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1845

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Texas is annexed by the US

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Goliad

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Site of excavation of Fannin and his men

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Native American Era

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11,000BC - to present however most were driven out by 1850

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Republic of Texas Era

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1836 - 1845 Texas is an independent Republic

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Coastal Plains

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Flat, rivers,Oil and Gas, Houston, Dallas rainfall, hurricanes,HOT summers

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N. Central Plains

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Gentle Hills, Fort Worth(stockyards) Waco ( Cameron Park Zoo), agriculture, mild winters, tornados, HOT summers

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Great Plains

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Canyons, plains, Canadian and Red Rivers, Amarillo, Lubbock (Texas Tech),agriculture, oil, cold winters, HOT summers, Tornados

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Mountains and Basins

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Mountains, Pecos and Rio Grande Rivers El Paso, agriculture, oil, dry, HOT summers and Cold winters

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LaSalle

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French explorer who accidentally lands in Texas and leads Spanish begin to settle Texas (with Missions)

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Empressarios

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Land agents who bring settlers to Texas. Famous example Stephen F. Austin

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George Childress

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Author of the Texas Declaration of Independence

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Mirabeau B.Lamar

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President of the Republic of Texas and political rival of Sam Houston

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Susanna Dickinson

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spreads news of the fall of the Alamo

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Old Three Hundred

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The original Anglo settlers brought by SFA

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