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Title: The Texas Constitution


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The Texas Constitution
  • Or at least, how we got it.

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Six Flags Over Texas
  • 1)Spaniards first arrive in 1519 Pineda
    expedition followed by Cabeza de Vaca in 1528 and
    De Soto in 1539 and Coronado in 1540. Some
    exploration no settlements.
  • 2)French arrive in 1685 La Salle establishes
    settlement, Fort St. Louis near Matagorda Bay.
  • By the 1730s present day Texas was dominated by
    the Spanish.

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3) Mexico 1821-1836
  • Mexico wins its independence from Spain in 1821.

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4) The Republic of Texas 1836-1845
  • Independence from Mexico (1836)

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Texas Currency
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Republic of Texas Constitution
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General, President, Governor Sam Houston
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President Mirabeau Lamar
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6) Statehood (1845)President Anson Jones
flag-raising
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6)Texas Secedes Joins CSA (1861-1865)
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Reconstruction 1866-1875
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Seven Constitutions
  • Mexican Constitution of 1824-1835
  • State of Tejas and Coahuila 1827- 1835
  • Republic of Texas 1836-1845
  • Statehood 1845-1861
  • Confederate States of America 1861-1865
  • First Reconstruction Constitution 1866
  • Second Reconstruction Constitution 1869
  • Texas Constitution 1876

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Governor Edmund J. Davis the last Republican for
ninety years.
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Seven Star Confederate Flag
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