“Texas is a state of mind.
Texas is an obsession.
Above all, Texas is a nation
in every sense of the word.”
JOHN STEINBECK
1821
DECEMBER 1821
Stephen F. Austin settles the first 300
Anglo families in Texas
1 Stephen F. Austin
1834
APRIL 1834
Santa Anna takes control of Mexico
and repeals the Constitution of 1824
FEBRUARY 22–24, 1834
The Alamo is attacked by Santa Anna
1836
2 Signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence
MARCH 2, 1836
Texian delegates gather at
Washington on the Brazos to sign
a declaration of independence and
create a government
MARCH 6, 1836
The Alamo falls to Santa Anna and
the Mexican Army
3 Battle of the Alamo
MARCH 27, 1836
Colonel Fannin and his men are
massacred at Goliad
APRIL 21, 1836
General Sam Houston and the
Texas Army defeat Santa Anna at
San Jacinto
4 Battle of San Jacinto
1846
FEBRUARY 19, 1846
A formal ceremony officially moves
authority in Texas from the last
President of the Republic, Anson
Jones, to the first governor of the new
State of Texas, J. Pinckney Henderson