AMERICAN INDIANS
The first people arrived in Texas about 12,000 years ago.
Those ancient Indians hunted the mammoths and mastodons.
Some of the Indians lived in caves' walls.
By the year A.D. 1500, many Indian groups lived in Texas.
The Caddos were a united group of about twenty-five smaller Indian groups.
They lived in east Texas.
Tha Caddos called each other tejas, or "friends". Later, Spaniards changed this slightly to texas. Other Texas Indian groups included the Tonkawas, Comanches, Jumanos, and Karankawas
Texas was admitted into the Union on December 29, 1845 becoming the 28th state to join the Union.
just a quick fact:
texas is the only current day state that was once its own country
Because when it gained its independence, it became a state.
"People from the U.S. settled in Texas," this event would eventually lead to the others.
Texas
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum was created in 2001.
Texas became an independent republic in 1836 and continued to be until 1846. It became a state in the United States that year.
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Because when it gained its independence, it became a state.
Texas became a state in 1836.
Texas
* The Republic of Texas was created in 1836. * The State of Texas became a state within the United States in 1845.
The U.S. Congress approved, and President James K. Polk signed, the 'Joint Resolution for the Admission of the State of Texas into the Union.' Texas became the 28th state.
"People from the U.S. settled in Texas," this event would eventually lead to the others.
Texas!
they became a state in 1845.
Texas
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum was created in 2001.
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