Mexican Texas

Mexican American War; Was America Justified? Back in 1846, when America was still a growing nation, America needed more land for its growing population. Owned by Mexico, Texas and California were large provinces of land, exactly what America needed. America actually ended up going to war for that land, but was going to war worth it? In the Mexican American War, presented by James K. Polk, almost around half of Mexico’s territory up in the North was lost to America. Giving America more strength…

Although “Don’t Mess With Texas” is the slogan for an anti-littering campaign launched by the Texas Department of Transportation, the implications of that phrase reach far beyond roadside cleanliness. Texans are stalwart defenders of their history and culture, perhaps rivaling their patriotism for the United States. As author John Steinbeck put it, “I have said that Texas is a state of mind, but I think it is more than that. It is a mystique closely approximating a religion.” Based on…

Quanah Parker. The army and Indians fought over 20 battles on the Texas panhandle around the Red River from 1874 to 1875. HENRY O.FLIPPER 1877 The first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point was Henry O. Flipper. STAKED PLAINS HORROR July 26, 1877 Captain Nicholas Nolan took 60 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers from Fort Concho across Texas chasing some Comanches that had been raiding. Texas was having a very bad drought. After chasing the Comanches…

agrees and recognizes the Rio Grande as The United States southern boundary, and not the Nueces River as disputed in earlier events leading up to the war between the two countries. In addition, to officially ending the war, the treaty also added 7 Mexican territories over to the Unites States, among them presently known as Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and California. The political atmosphere during the turn of the 19 century in the United States had begun its course towards strengthening its…

Just 15 years after the Civil War, a small but detrimental act had changed everything. Both Mexico and the U.S. were both large in size, and had contested land separating them. Thousands of Mexicans and Americans died, but they were content and happy at first. It wasn’t a smart idea for them to mix since Mexico was Catholic and for anti-slavery, while the Americans were protestant and were pro-slavery. In 1846 the biggest dispute between Mexico and America happened, but the war wasn’t justified…

James M. McCaffrey, the author of the historical novel “Army of Manifest Destiny: The American Soldier in the Mexican War 1846-1848”, writes about American soldiers during the Mexican-American War. The Mexican-American War was a huge contribution to the history of the United States and what it is today. He describes America’s first foreign war, the Mexican-American War, through the day-to-day experiences of the American soldiers in battle and camps. McCaffrey states “The purpose of the present…

counterattack in the Battle of the Bulge, after which he led the forces across the Rhine River and into Germany, making prisoners of 10,000 miles of lands and freeing the country from the Nazi regime. In 1915, Patton was sent to Fort Bliss along the Mexican border where he led routine cavalry patrols; a year later, he accompanied Pershing as an aide on his expedition against Francisco "Pancho" Villa into Mexico. Along with the British tankers, he and his men achieved victory at Cambrai,…

David ’Davy’ Crockett is one of the most historical figures in texas history.Mr.Crockett was a great man with a lot of accomplishments.Davy was an outdoorsman,a congressman,and the last defender of the alamo. Davy Crockett was born on August 17,1786 in Greene County, Tennessee.His parents names were John and Rebecca Crockett.He was the fifth born son out of nine children.Davy had many chores but One chore he loved was to hunt game for dinner.By the time davy was twelve he had moved three…

creation of the Republic of Texas. Houston was born on March 2nd, 1863 in Rockbridge County Virginia. As a product of his era, Houston embraced Westward expansion and moved to Tennessee. While the true intentions for Houston’s arrival in Texas are unknown, it is evident he quickly rose within the hierarchy of Texas politics as he was elected to President at two separate times. However, as Williams suggests in his book, Sam Houston: The Life and Times of the Liberator of Texas, an Authentic…

States more than any other country welcomes in its arms more immigrants and Texas, than any other state, lets in more foreign and domestic migrants. It’s almost half of all the newly arrived migrants residing in the mentioned state are born foreign. Amounting to over four million migrants, Texas has been considered as one of the top three states that has the most number of born foreign migrants living within its parameters. Texas immigration has been considered as both a consequence and a cause…