Mexico Wins Independence from Spain; Austin Founds New Colony

Mexico Encourages Foreign Settlement of Texas

Conflict on the Horizon

Mexico Bans U.S. Immigration

Santa Anna becomes President of Mexico

Texans respond to Santa Anna; Stephen F. Austin imprisoned

Texas Revolution Begins: 'Come and Take It!'

Texas Declares Independence!

The Fall of the Alamo, Evacuation, and Executions

The Battle of San Jacinto; Texas wins independence

The Republic of Texas

Austin become capital of Texas

Texas adopts Lone Star flag

Texas annexed to the United States

The Beginning of the U.S.-Mexican War

The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo and the end of the war

The First Railroad in Texas is Established

First Telegraph Office Opened

Texas joined Confederacy; Civil War began

Enslaved African Americans in Texas Emancipated

The First African American in Texas Legislature

Buffalo Soldiers first posted in Texas

Present Texas Constitution Adopted

The Early Days of Women's Equality

New State Capitol Completed

Texas Railroad Commission Established

Texas Equal Rights Association is formed

Oil discovered in Corsicana

First Military Air Flight Takes Place in San Antonio

20,000 U.S. Troops Sent to Mexican Border

Prohibition Goes into Effect in Texas

Texas Adopts the 19th Amendment

Ma Ferguson First Woman Governor Elected in Texas

John Nance Garner Elected First U.S. Vice President from Texas

Texas Celebrates the Centennial

Beaumont Riot

Sweatt v. Painter; UT Law School is Integrated

'Babe' Didrikson named 'Woman Athlete of the Half Century' by AP

Brown v. Board of Education; End of Segregation in Public Schools

Manned Spacecraft Center Opens in Houston

President John F. Kennedy Assassinated in Dallas

Barbara Jordan Elected to Texas Senate

George H.W. Bush Elected President of the U.S

Ann Richards Elected 45th Governor of Texas

Kay Bailey Hutchison First Woman from Texas Elected to U.S. Senate

George W. Bush Elected 46th Governor of Texas; President in 2000