Texas History STAAR Vocabulary SET 1
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| 1519 | Mexico, including the region of Texas, became a base of Spanish explorers like Piñeda and Cortéz.
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| 1718 | The presidio San Antonio de Béxar and a mission called San Antonio de Valero were established - more commonly known as The Alamo.
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| 1821 | Moses Austin acquired the right to settle 300 Catholic families from Lousiana on the Brazos River in Texas.
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| 1836 | Texans earned their independence from Mexico through a series of events including the siege of the Alamo, the massacre at Goliad, and the battle of San Jacinto.
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| 1845 | The United States admitted Texas as the 28th state on December 29, 1845, when President Polk signed the Texas Admission Act.
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| Absolute Chronology | depends on knowing the precise date of an event, including the day, month and/or year. Sequencing events in absolute chronology means to organize them in an order - like a timeline from oldest to most recent.
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| 1861 | Texas convened a secession convention to vote on severing ties with the union. The convention voted overwhelmingly to secede and join the Confederacy.
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| Relative Chronology | depends less on specific dates and more on relationships of events - for instance, creating a sequence by developing a topic from its beginning to its conclusion, identifying intervals of time and ordering events in relation to other events.
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| Battle of Gonzales | The first battle of the Texas Revolution. Mexican forces were ordered to take a brass cannon from the town of Gonzales to San Antonio and Texans refused to give up the cannon. Texans attacked the Mexicans and the battle ended quickly.
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| Boom and Bust Cycle | Immediately following World War I the economy slowed substantially as demand for goods decreased (a "bust"). In the 1920s increased demand prompted a "boom" or period of rapid growth in the economy.
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