East Texas

Spindletop. Oil was found in Texas that day, which caused many big social changes. Social changes like community pride, new job opportunities, affordable universities, and a higher divorce rate. Oil continues to shape our world and our day-to-day lives. Oil has brought many changes to Texas. Oil has had a big effect to community pride. I'm giving this social change 10 minutes. I’m giving it 10 minutes because it changed towns, but isn’t the biggest change. Wink, Texas wasn’t even a town before…

Introduction It is an honor to present the next Governor of Texas, Ms. Jane “Bitzi’ Johnson Miller. Ms. Miller is a loyal Texas conservative that hails from West Texas where she was born and raised on a ranch. She comes from a proud line of Texans who have served their community. Her grandfather was former Texas Governor, Joe “Big Daddy” Johnson from 1954 through 1958. Ms. Miller attended the University of Texas at Austin where she received a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and a…

The War was a result of the United States Annexation of Texas. Texas was its own Republic from 1836 through 1845 after winning it war for Independence. Mexico although never recognized its independence while the United States did recognize Texas as a sovereign country in 1837 but it did decline to annex the territory. Mexico originally permitted a few hundred Americans to move into its territories of which settled in some areas of Texas and New Mexico. It was the Austin Family who originally…

Destiny became so wildy know that it started to appear in newspapers, debates, paintings, and advertisements. It was used to further territorial expansion in the west. Many believed that God himself blessed the growth of the United States. People of the east were intrigued by Manifest Destiny to move west with promises of inexpensive land and open spaces. Expaning out west hand many advantages like, economic factors and more land. The Democrats also used Manifest Destiny to support…

Weather/Climate Have you ever wondered what the weather in Texas is like? Texas’s weather is very interesting and enthralling. So get ready to learn about Texas’s weather, precipitation, and seasons. Texas’s weather is very fluctuating because of its odd placement between the warm Gulf of Mexico and the cold Pacific ocean. The states varied geology can also bring unstable weather This happens because of the forests of the east and the coastal plains of the west. Texas’s diverse weather…

annexation of Texas in 1845, the negotiation of the Oregon Treaty with Great Britain in 1846, and the conclusion of the Mexican-American War in 1848, which ended with the signing and ratiication of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848. The annexation of Texas to the United States became a topic of political and diplomatic discussion after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and became a matter of international concern between 1836 and 1845, when Texas was a republic. In September 1836 Texas voted…

the construct of whiteness in Texas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries affected the structure of society. Neil Foley is the Robert H. and Nancy Dedman Chair in History at Southern Methodist University. His research concerns race and civil rights in Mexico and the American Southwest. Foley structures his book chronologically, beginning with the Texas Revolution in the first chapter and ending with the 1930s and 1940s. He focuses his study on Central Texas to examine the effects of the…

that if anyone was against this God-given dream, then they would have to be subordinated into following it. Westward expansion was attributed to demographic, social, economic and political pressures. This expansion was perceived as inevitable and Texas would be part of the movement. The following sections expand on the above. Economic There are several reasons…

Jackson’s push to Westward Expansion was on the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears was Jackson’s Indian removal policy to push the Cherokee nation east of the Mississippi River to present day Oklahoma. James K. Polk and Sam Houston was both apart of the same conflict on the Mexican -…

slavery practices in the whole of the Mexican territory- including present-day Texas. Slaveholders in Texas rebelled against the Mexican government and won their independence in 1836 and re-legalized slavery. Mexicans continued to fight for the abolition of slavery in Texan territory, so Texas decided to request annexation to The United States; President Polk granted Texas entry into the Union despite Mexican objections to Texas’ blatant disregard…