History of Texas

My trip to Texas and New Mexico was fun and interesting. I went to Texas and New Mexico in 2014's summer with my family to visit my brother who lives in Texas, and to have vacations too. We went shopping, had barbecues, met people, went to church, and visited some cities such as Dallas, Arlington, El Paso, Ruidoso, and Alamogordo. We also visited some places like the Cowboys Stadium, Wet N' Wild Waterworld, the Museum of Space History, and White Sands National Monument. I…

evolution of changes in Texas has significantly changed our economy throughout the years. Texas is defined by being the second largest state in the union, if also has the second most populous. Texas has many urban areas, rapidly growing and becoming more diverse. The economy of high technology, industries and oil. In my perspective, the population and economy will continue gradually to increase shaping Texas to one of the most important states in the United states. Texas is filled with many…

South Texa rancher. Her mother Julia de Zavala, was an irish immigrant who was educated in Galveston,Texas. When Adina was born, her family lived at De Zavala Point on Buffalo Bayou. Then in 1873 they moved near a ranch in San Antonio. Adina is known for saving the Alamo Long Barrack Fortress for future generations.Adina De Zavala encouraged the statewide recognition of Texas and defense of the Alamo. In Adinas early life, She and her sister, Mary, would act out some plays about Texas history.…

Requirements To Become Governor of Texas The Governor is the highest ranking official in the state of Texas. Although the governors of all the states are different from each other in what they do, the Texas governor signs or vetoes bills that are passed by the legislature, serves as commander-in-chief of the Texas military and assigns Texans that are eligible to state offices. There are certain requirements to become the governor of Texas: To run as the governor of Texas you must be at…

The valiant man who would shape the history of Texas and greatly impact our nation was born on March 2, 1793. Samuel (Sam) Houston was born to Samuel Sr. and Elizabeth Houston in Rockbridge County, Virginia. At the age of 14, after his father’s death in 1807, Sam moved to Blount County, Tennessee with his family. As a rebellious youngster, he left home when his older brother tried to make him work at the family store as a shop keeper when he was 16 years old. During this time, Sam lived with…

Nechard Rajban Due: November 12, 15 Lecture 17 Summaries History of the U.S I The Mexican Colonization law of 1842 was passed in order for foreigners to be able to come to America and colonize Mexico. This allowed people to be able to gain ownership of land however citizens were granted the first preference and then foreigners had their pick. The Colonization Law also guaranteed to people land security and to be exempted from taxes for four years. This helped in protecting Mexico from the…

Texas, commonly known as “The Lone Star State”, its official nickname, is the 2nd largest state with a population of about 28.2 million people on 268,597 square miles. Beyonce, Matthew McConaughey, and Janis Joplin (a singer from the 80s) were all Texans. If you like sports, you would be happy to know all of the Dude Perfect Crew were born in the Lone Star State. The Texas economy is the 2nd largest with a gross state product of $1.648 trillion. The beautiful Rio Grande is shared by Texas and…

Knowledge of American History requires of several important sources with history textbooks being more valuable to schools. These textbooks have the ability to have a potentially large impact on the younger generations. Thus, censors see them as essential channels for circulating a more conservative view as Texas educators now must teach according to the new standards. Many of these new standards were changed to show a more conservative view of American History. These changes come from the many…

Texas has a long and rich in history, Texas was part of the Spanish Empire, also part of Mexico but in 1836 Texas acquired independence from the country. Since Texas was part of Mexico, there is many Hispanic influences that have been shaping Texas culture. But most of the important figures do not only come from Mexico, but from Spanish-speaking countries. According to pewhispanics.org the Texas population consists of 38% Hispanics, 88% are Mexican and 12% are non-Mexican. A total of 9,794 000…

In his book "Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, 1836-1986” David Montejano writes and explains how Anglos and Mexicans both contributed to the rise and making of the great state of Texas. The conflicts between these two groups of people caused Texas to grow and become the great state we know today. David Montejanos thesis is “Market based displacement within the Anglo community signified the replacement of one Anglo merchant landowner with another merchant landowner, Thus, market…