AllTexasCelebration


 * 1836**
 * March 2 - Texas Declaration of Independence is adopted at Washington-on-the-Brazos. ** Texas Independence Day!! **
 * March 6 - 3-day siege of the Alamo by Mexican troops led by Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna ends on this day with a battle in which all remaining defenders are killed.
 * March 10 - Sam Houston abandons Gonzales and retreats eastward to avoid the advancing Mexican army. Panicky settlers in the area flee as well in an exodus called the Runaway Scrape.
 * March 27 - About 350 Texan prisoners, including their commander James Fannin, are executed at Goliad by order of Santa Anna. An estimated 30 Texans escape.
 * April 21 - In a battle lasting 18 minutes, Texan troops led by Sam Houston defeat the Mexican army commanded by Santa Anna at San Jacinto near present-day Houston. Houston reports that 630 Mexican troops were killed and 730 were taken prisoner. Of the Texas troops, nine of a force of 910 were killed or mortally wounded, and 30 were less seriously wounded. ** San Jacinto Day!! **
 * May 14 - Santa Anna and Texas' provisional president David Burnet sign two Treaties of Velasco -- one public, the other secret -- ending the Texas Revolution. The treaties were, however, violated by both sides. Texas' independence was not recognized by Mexico and Texas' boundary was not determined until the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican War, was signed in 1848.
 * Sept. 5 - Voters of the new republic choose their first elected officials: Sam Houston becomes president and Lorenzo de Zavala, vice president. The voters also overwhelmingly approve a referendum requesting annexation by the United States. US President Martin Van Buren refuses to consider it, however, citing fear of war with Mexico and constitutional scruples.
 * Oct. - The first Congress of the Republic of Texas convenes at Columbia.


 * 1845**
 * March 1 - US Congress passes a "Joint Resolution for Annexing Texas to the United States."
 * July 4 - The Texas Constitutional Convention votes to accept the United States annexation proposal; it drafts an Annexation Ordinance and State Constitution to submit to the voters of Texas.
 * Oct. 13 - Texas voters overwhelmingly approve annexation, the new state constitution and the annexation ordinance. ** Annexation Approval Day **
 * Dec. 29 - The US Congress approves, and President James K. Polk signs, the "Joint Resolution for the Admission of the State of Texas into the Union." Texas becomes the 28th state. ** Statehood Day **

101 Celebration: dance the Cotton-Eyed Joe; have conversation about how teachers celebrate (units, holidays, community events, major accomplishments,... by wearing jewelry, vests, ties, lab coats,...)

221 Celebration: play Texas Trivia game with postcards for all at end so numbers have a context; have conversation about how the "find your match" activity can be used in the classroom as a pre-assessment, review, teaching tool, practice, etc. in your concentration

//All history timeline information is from: http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/state-history-timeline/texas.html//