1840 - 1914 (74 years)
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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1836 | - 1836—1845: Texas Republic
Texas is a country
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| 2 | 1842 | - 1842: German Immigration - Adelsverein
German nobles organized the Adelsverein, banding together to buy land in central Texas to enable German settlement
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| 3 | 1846 | - 19 Feb 1846: Texas statehood
Texas becomes the 45th state of the United States of America (admitted as a slave-holding state)
- 25 Apr 1846: Mexican-American War begins
Thornton Affair, battle between Mexican cavalry and an American patrol
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| 4 | 1848 | - 2 Feb 1848: Mexican-American War ends
Signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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| 5 | 1851 | - 19 Aug 1851: Czech Immigration
Jozef Šilar leads immigrants to the rich farmland of Central Texas
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| 6 | 1861 | - 1861—1865: US Civil War
The Confederate States of America rebel against the US government
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| 7 | 1898 | - 22 Apr 1898—13 Aug 1898: Spanish-American War
US and Spain at war - revolutions in Cuba and The Phillipines affected
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| 8 | 1914 | - 28 Jul 1914—11 Nov 1918: World War I
WWI rages in Europe
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