Throughout the existence of Texas, it has been ruled by different cultural governments; from the French, Spanish, Mexican, Republic of Texas, Statehood, Civil War era, and finally the Reconstruction period. Texas was a place where explorers came to establish and claim new territory. From the first site of over 30,000 roaming Native Americans to Congress voting to make Texas a part of the Union when the state became the twenty-eighth state in the U.S. Through it all Texas has been very resilient. Texas is the second largest state consisting of 263,513 square miles of land. Six Flags theme park represents Texas by displaying all six of the governing cultures which once rules over Texas. In 1685, a French explorer named Rene Robert Cavelier,
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The Gutierrez-Magee Expedition headed to Texas with maybe 100-130 men by crossing the Sabine River from Louisiana in a rebellion movement against the authority of the Spaniards. The Spanish didn’t have the money nor the military power they once had so the Mexicans gain control of Texas, in 1821. Even though the Spanish had major influences throughout the centuries it ruled over Texas, they only have three continual European colonies which were Nacogdoches, Goliad, and San Antonio. The Spanish government granted Moses Austin the right to begin looking for land in between San Antonio and Brazor River areas to build up a colony. His plans for building a new colony begin to get all messed up due to the Mexican’s independence from Spain. Mexico did not want to honor the agreement Austin made with the Spaniards, because of the new rules, regulations, policies, and immigration laws they incorporated. So, Stephen F. Austin, who is known as the “Father of Texas” had to get Junta Instituyente to reapprove the grant so he could begin building up the colonies like his father had wanted to do. “He [Moses Austin] was succeeded by his son, Stephen F. Austin, who received a generous land grant, as well as permission to bring in 300 families for colonization.” (Charldean Newell, …show more content…
Its failure was due to the fact that they couldn’t define the rights of the state within the republic. Other colonies followed suit, and the population grow to more than 35,000 people from 1821-1836. An allegiance was made by the settles but, was quickly broken because; one the official language was Spanish, two the cultural differences, three most of the settles were Protestant had to convert to Catholic Religion and four the settles kept their slaves even though it was illegal in Mexico. The Mexican nation began to encounter difficulty from dangerous legislative problem. Policies that were put in place for Texas that were created in Mexico City by people that had no idea what was happening in that region of Texas were inconsistent. In 1830, bonds between Texas and Mexico begun to break down because, Mexico refused anyone emigrate into Texas from other state in the United
The Gutierrez-Magee Expedition headed to Texas with maybe 100-130 men by crossing the Sabine River from Louisiana in a rebellion movement against the authority of the Spaniards. The Spanish didn’t have the money nor the military power they once had so the Mexicans gain control of Texas, in 1821. Even though the Spanish had major influences throughout the centuries it ruled over Texas, they only have three continual European colonies which were Nacogdoches, Goliad, and San Antonio. The Spanish government granted Moses Austin the right to begin looking for land in between San Antonio and Brazor River areas to build up a colony. His plans for building a new colony begin to get all messed up due to the Mexican’s independence from Spain. Mexico did not want to honor the agreement Austin made with the Spaniards, because of the new rules, regulations, policies, and immigration laws they incorporated. So, Stephen F. Austin, who is known as the “Father of Texas” had to get Junta Instituyente to reapprove the grant so he could begin building up the colonies like his father had wanted to do. “He [Moses Austin] was succeeded by his son, Stephen F. Austin, who received a generous land grant, as well as permission to bring in 300 families for colonization.” (Charldean Newell, …show more content…
Its failure was due to the fact that they couldn’t define the rights of the state within the republic. Other colonies followed suit, and the population grow to more than 35,000 people from 1821-1836. An allegiance was made by the settles but, was quickly broken because; one the official language was Spanish, two the cultural differences, three most of the settles were Protestant had to convert to Catholic Religion and four the settles kept their slaves even though it was illegal in Mexico. The Mexican nation began to encounter difficulty from dangerous legislative problem. Policies that were put in place for Texas that were created in Mexico City by people that had no idea what was happening in that region of Texas were inconsistent. In 1830, bonds between Texas and Mexico begun to break down because, Mexico refused anyone emigrate into Texas from other state in the United