Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _______________ Period: __________
complete the timeline below.
WORD BANK
1690
James Long grito
Medina
San Jose
Mexico
San Francisco de los Tejas
Adams-Onis Treaty
San Antonio
Neutral Ground
Gutierrez-Magee
Louis Michel Aury
Louisiana Territory
1690: First Spanish mission in East Texas, __________________________________________, is founded by Fray (or Father) Damian Massanet.
1718: Town of ________________________ is established with a mission (Valero) and a presidio
(Bexar).
1720: Mission _________________ y San Miguel de Aguayo is founded by Antonio Margil de Jesus. It’s noted as the most successful Spanish mission in Texas.
1803: The U.S. purchases the _______________________________________________________ from
France for about $15 million.
1806: __________________________________: Boundary dispute between U.S. and Spain; U.S. says it’s Sabine River, Spain says it's the tributary Arroyo Hondo.
1810: [Sept. 16] Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla issues a __________, or call for a rebellion against Spanish authorities—begins the Mexican War for Independence.
1812: The _______________________________ Expedition: An early Texas Revolution movement begins; called their army the “Republican Army of the North”
1813: [August] Spanish forces led by Joaquin de Arredondo overwhelm Republican Army and win a complete victory south at San Antonio in the Battle of _________________.
1816: French Pirate _____________________________________ captures Spanish ships and is named the commissioner of Galveston.
1819: The __________________________________: Settles Neutral Ground boundary dispute;
Sabine River becomes the eastern boundary b/w Spain and U.S.; Spain gave Florida to U.S. and
U.S. agreed to surrender all claims to control Texas
[Summer] _____________________ Expedition: A force of 300 rebels invades Texas and easily captures town of Nacogdoches, where they declare Texas a free an independent republic
1821: [August] Treaty of Cordoba is signed; Spanish colonial province of Texas became a territory of a free and independent __________________.
1821

Identifications below. Be sure to include the full names with correct spelling and capitalization.
Damian Massanet
Francisco Hidalgo
PEOPLE BANK
Bernardo de Galvez
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Antonio Margil de Jesus
Jose de Escandon
Augustus Magee
Jose Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara
1.
Gil Y’Barbo
____________________________
Jean Lafitte
French pirate who took valuable cargo from Spanish ships.
Moved to Galveston and legend says he buried treasure there!
2.
____________________________ Spanish military commander who founded 20 settlements and is called
“the father of the lower Rio Grande Valley”.
3.
____________________________ Spanish leader of East Texan settlers who founded town of
Nacogdoches near Mission Guadalupe in 1779.
4.
____________________________ Spanish friar who wrote a letter asking French authorities to rebuild mission for Tejas people.
5.
____________________________ Spanish priest in village of Dolores who issued a grito for a Mexican rebellion against Spanish authorities. Was later executed for treason.
6.
____________________________ Spanish Franciscan missionary (or priest) who founded mission Los
Adaes and mission San Jose—the most successful of the Spanish missions in Texas.
7.
____________________________ American lieutenant and West Point graduate who resigned from U.S.
Army and joined Jose Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara’s Texas expedition as a military commander. At first, they won several battles against Spanish troops. When he died, he was replaced by American Samuel Kemper.
8.
____________________________ Spanish friar (or Catholic church official) on Alonso de Leon’s expedition in East Texas in 1689 who befriended the Caddo Hasanai people. In
1690, he returned to East Texas to establish the first Spanish mission in
East Texas—San Francisco de los Tejas.
9.
____________________________ Spanish military governor of Louisiana who opened the port of New
Orleans to American ships and made generous contributions of weapons, clothing, money, and medical supplies to American troops.
Chosen to lead Spanish forces in 1779. His efforts helped secure the southern states from the British.
10.
____________________________ Mexican-born Spanish soldier that told American leaders of his plans to free Texas from Spanish rule in 1811. Convinced American soldier
Augustus Magee to join his expedition. As overall commander, his expedition began one of the earliest Texas Revolution movements.