Throughout the years, I lived in Connecticut, Atlanta, Georgia, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Austin, Texas. That being said, I've been exposed to several different cultures and ideas . I've learned to appreciate diversity. Additionally, music had always been an interest of mine, but it wasn't until I moved to Atlanta that my musical palette began to develop. I had friends who shunned anyone unfamiliar with rappers such as Lil Wayne and Soulja Boy, and I had friends who would beg their parents…
Mexican Republic. The Treaty of Hidalgo was signed in February 2, 1848 in Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo which is now a neighborhood of Mexico City. When Mexico Republic signed the Treaty of Hidalgo, they gave much of their territory to the US including Texas and California which far are one of the biggest states. The US granted 15 million US dollars to Mexico for damage of their lands. Afterwards, they gave the Mexican citizens a change to remain at their place and become similar to an American…
miles went to the United States and included lands that are now known as Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. At the end of the war America did pay Mexico for the land that they won. Mexico also had to recognized that Texas was a state of the United States of America and was annexed. The dispute that Mexico and American originally had was solved, the Rio Grande would be the border between The United States of America and…
nation are Hispanic. The Spanish culture made the United States special today. The Spanish people have brought many aspects of their heritage into the state of Texas including;culture and food, religion and missions, and influence. Food and festivities are two of the main parts of any culture, they’re especially carried on through the Texas culture. Food brought all the family together no matter the size (Flores). But, long ago eating a taco or other Mexican food was a reason to be made fun of…
Essay #2: The Texas Governor and the President Over the years, it has been said that Texas has a very weak governor compared to other states. It has also been said that some people believe that the governor should have more power and that they should be a state 's equivalent to the nation’s president. Here, we will first analyze the differences and similarities between the Texas governor’s power versus the power of the United States president. This will allow us to further discuss whether the…
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…
Throughout this book, there are many examples of different kind of awakenings, starting off with Edna awakening herself as an artist when she begins her painting career, here realization that she appreciates the music up to the point until she wakens to kind herself unfulfilled. Edna is not only waking up to understand herself as a human beings, and a woman who is not happy in a mans world he also awakens herself as a sexual being. For this essay I am going to focus on the stages that Edna has…
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…
A Search for Independence in Kate Chopin’s The Awakening The Awakening by Kate Chopin centers on the Pontellier family – Leonce, his wife Edna, and their two sons, Etienne and Raoul – residing in New Orleans during the end of the 19th century. The family spends their summer vacationing on Grand Isle at a resort ran by Madame Lebrun and her two sons, Robert and Victor. During this time, Edna’s emotions begin to shift as she wrestles with her traditional patriarchy duties and her desire for social…
When you hear the word ‘flood’ what do you think of? The majority of us probably think of the scientific definition of the word: a natural disaster that happens when a large amount of water covers an area of land that is normally dry (Merriam-Webster Online). However, in recent years, this scientific definition has been taken out of context to form a tasteless political metaphor. In the United States, immigration has/is frequently referred to as a flood, a stream, a tide, a wave, a tsunami, or a…