Sam Houston

As a young armadillo growing up in Texas during the 1820s, my life was peaceful and happy. The Federalists who held power in Mexico left me, my fellow armadillos, and the Anglo Americans alone to enjoy and work the land. However, in 1829, the Centralists gained control of the Mexican government and the freedom we enjoyed gradually eroded. As the Mexican government imposed more regulations on the Anglo Americans, the tension which had existed between the two groups due to the Nacogdoches land…

If I am in a situation that I know only God can see me through it, then I lend to Gospel. Most of the time when I am listening to music it is Gospel that I choose to listen to. However, when I am feeling depressed or upset about something I just turn on the radio and listen to whatever is being played or I might pop in a CD of my favorite artist. Music speaks to my emotions. After, listening to it from being depress or upset it soothes and relaxes me. The music that makes me happy is Gospel.…

“Nothing in this world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty,” is considered one of the most influential quotes uttered by President Teddy Roosevelt before his death in 1919, which marked the end of the twenty-sixth president’s term and his final hours on earth. During his lifetime, one could argue Roosevelt lived up to his comments and to his maximum potential, confronting issues that not a soul would desire to encounter. Many could debate that President…

What did the Texans say? Texas officially declared its secession from the United States of America on February 1, 1861. They then joined the Confederate States on March 2, 1861 after replacing Sam Houston (who would not pledge his allegiance with the Confederacy) with Edward Clark as governor. The secession was decided in the Texas Secession Convention where delegates chose in a vote of 166 to 8 for secession. So why did the delegates overwhelmingly vote for secession and war? Texans voted for…

There are many reasons why I need this scholarship. The biggest reason is financial. With this scholarship I can be the first in my family graduate college and the first male in my neighborhood to complete college. My parents and I don’t have the money for me to study freely and creatively. Even though my dad works every day and night as a truck driver, it is not enough to support the family. My mom doesn’t work because she takes care of my baby brother. As my family struggles my 16 year old…

were an experience for me to improve and to get an insight on the real estate industry. My supervisor, Mr. Sam Sadeghi, would continuously send me emails with attached files. The emails included files such as valuations, previous transaction lightings,…

Settled down by my cousins, enjoying the cool Kansas breeze, laughing, joking, and relaxing. Mom’s outside with Aunt Grace talking about God knows what while the kids were laughing in the living room. I remember talking to my cousin Ronald about what we should do outside to either ride our bikes, walk around the neighborhood, play tag, just do something active since we were young with enthusiasm and optimism about what else is out there in life for children to do in their spare time. Something…

It's finally coming to an end. Both high school and my first pregnancy. What are my plans? Let me break it down. I start college in the fall. My daughter will be two months old. I also have to work over the summer so forget my plan of breastfeeding and being with her for those entire two months. I now have to find her a sitter that I can actually trust. I have to work so that i'm able to not only get to school myself but get her to her appointments. I can pay all my bills and living expenses…

Over the years there have been many controversial debates as to whether it was a clever idea to admit Texas into the Union. In the beginning of Texas’ succession from Mexico, Texas was clueless as to what to do about their past ally country, for a long period of time there was tension everywhere. Soon after Texas’ sucession from Mexico, Mexico decided to declare war since they decided that it was unfair how Texas left. And so to they chose to accept war with them to defend themselves. There are…

counter with diverse curators (both learner and master), and searches for not to uncover the myths of the Alamo, yet rather to understand them. Crisp finally parcels his book in every chapter a major point, the extremism clear in particular variants of Sam Houston's commended talk; the perfect and frail portions of…