Mexican Texas

knowledge through the great historic battle of the Alamo which took place during 1835-1836. Many great artifacts have been discovered through the years of the Alamo, but one in fact, the De La Pena diary is a historical importance of information of a Mexican soldier discontent with the Leadership of Santa Anna along with brutality killings at the Alamo along with Davy Crockett’s surrender. The Diary of De La Pena has been argued of its originality, was it forged, and how accurate was the events…

“Woman Hollering Creek” centers on a young married woman, named Cleófilas and she is the story’s the protagonist. Cleófilas is a Mexican woman goes from living a limited sheltered life in Mexico, to someone who is trapped in her new life in Texas, due to her role as a woman and because of her marriage. In the story "Woman Hollering Creek", it shows the life of a married woman through a character named Cleófilas, the issues of wanting to live in a fantasy. Instead Cleófilas is a character who is…

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 -…

Lyndon was born in Texas on august 27, 1908 his family had settled prior to the Civil War. He was born in a nearby town called Johnson City. His father was a rancher and part time politician, but Lyndon did not inherit the family’s ranching talent. Which caused Lyndon to run into finical difficulty losing the family ranch at an early teenage year. Lyndon’s family was some of the earliest settlers in Texas before they all had been cattlemen, cotton farmers and soldiers for the confederacy. Lyndon…

As of 2013, various Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) companies have applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to establish an LNG refinery and export center in Brownsville, Texas. Throughout the process, several citizens – as well as business entities and city councils, have voiced their opposition or support of the facility. Statement of the Problem Inadequate representation The FERC is responsible for providing public hearing meeting for each new facility application received,…

When James K. Polk ran for president, he called for an expansion of states including Texas, California, and all of Oregon. At the time, Oregon was shared with Britain under The Treaty of 1818. Polk was tired of sharing the Oregon Territory and was willing to fight for it, Which gave him the slogan “54 40 or fight”. Once he won the election, Polk declared war on Great Britain. The Americans outnumbered Britain by the ratio 6-1. In June 1846, Britain surrendered, conflict was avoided and gave the…

political support for territorial expansion, or was it merely a description of events? For the next two decades, the professional politicians who managed the Second Party System avoided policies, such as the annexation of the slave holding Republic of Texas, that would prompt regional strife. This shows how the passion on the abolitionist side, struck fear into the opposing side, enough to avoid confrontation. During the 1840s, many citizens embraced an ideology of conquest that proclaimed…

conquest is a more "sharp and honest term" than frontier. By "conquest," it is important to understand that it does not only mean the oft-depicted violence between whites and Indians, but also the far-less-binary contests between Anglos, Spanish, Mexicans, Asians, Blacks, Russians, Canadians, Mormons, different Indian tribes who fought each other and often allied with various Europeans who also fought each other, Portuguese, Chileans, and many other sub-groups who fought for claims to the…

States, serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850. Before his presidency, Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of major general. Taylor's status as a national hero as a result of his victories in the Mexican-American War won him election to the White House despite his vague political beliefs. His top priority as president was preserving the Union, but he died seventeen months into his term, before making any progress on the status of slavery, which…

the drive from Texas to the Rockies every summer right through the town...or at least close to going right through it on their way to Pikes Peak. William could see their dust miles before they got there, anticipating their arrival as any child before Christmas would a tree full of gifts. He would sit on the highest hill above town, and listen for the bellowing of the cattle, and the riders yelling out, pushing their herd ever closer to…