Texas Rangers

I come from ignorance. Loathe as I am to admit it, this is the undeniable truth. My family, from either a lack of education or inadequate exposure to diversity, largely uphold the stereotypes regarding East Texans. I, being considerably different from them ideologically, can admit that conservatism has merit, but my family frequently crosses the line from a little old fashioned to blatantly bigoted; I’ve heard an aunt complain about the “niggers” moving into her neighborhood and my cousin, at…

The annexation of Texas by the United States provoked the Mexican ambassador and relations between the two nations were severed. However, the president of Mexico, Jose Joaquin Herrera, wanted to negotiate with the United States because he knew his country did not have the resources for a war. Herrera also knew that the Mexican people would be outraged at the loss of Texas. During negotiations, Herrera and Polk disagreed on the boundaries of Texas. Mexico believed Texas ended at the Nueces River.…

of life to Texas, the United States, and the world. Among new technology and industry, oil brought social change. Social change comes in both good and bad. Most of the social changes that come from oil were good. Some of the if not the most impactful social changes to Texas occurred because of money, and there are three main changes I’d like to discuss. Oil was the main contributor to advancing education in Texas. In 1858, Texas universities got a 2,000,000 acre land grant from Texas…

California is the third largest state in the United States and has several different climate areas. But, a large portion of the state (70%) is classified as California Floristic Province. This climate is a Mediterranean-type climate, characterized by hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters. (International, 2016). Here are two important, or vulnerable species in the area. The first is the Dipodomys nitratoides or more commonly known as the Fresno Kangaroo Rat, San Joaquin Kangaroo Rat,…

ocelinne Perfecto Professor Sharifian Government 2306 23rd April, 2018 SLO #3 Victory is mine As I receive the victory in winning Texas state senate there are factors that must be taken to consideration. There are state senate committees that I must choose to serve. Committees are subunits who are meant to complete certain tasks and look at certain bills. In this case, I will be choosing three of them in regard to factors that I stand for and based on the what my district needs. 1 The committees…

Miami War Chief Little Turtle is releated to me. Little Turtle is my 1st Great Grand Uncle of Husband of 3rd Great Grand Aunt. Little Turtle's Indian name was "Mihshahkatoohkwa" He was born around 1747 and passed away around 1812. (18th Century) My degree of Indian blood is made up of two seperate tribes: Shawnee and Miami. Because the Shawnee Indians were assimilated into the Cherokee Nation, I am also a Cherokee. From my research, I have found that my Paternal Great Great Grandfather was a…

football teams, the tastiest barbeque, and the finest country music. However, because there are numerous great qualities about Texas, it makes it easy for the not so great qualities to just fly under the radar. One of those not so great qualities is the brokenness of the Texas foster care system. In 2016, over 200 children in Texas were killed by child abuse, leaving Texas as the state with the highest child fatalities. In several of these fatal cases child protection agencies had contact with…

Myth & Legend—Myth of the Cowboy Culture- When many tourists around the world visits Texas to explore, they all have a very interesting question to ask from the Texas citizens and that would be what makes Texas culture so extraordinary? And the answer to this question certainly would be the “Cowboys” from them. They would not be mentioning to the famous “Dallas Cowboys” of football legend, but they are referring to the cowboy culture that seems to spread throughout the state. Many tourists visit…

look,better football teams, and growing universities.There where bad things that came from the discovery as well, such as, the divorce rate in Ector texas where oil was discovered, was 23 times the amount of the national average.Oil was a way of the future with entrepreneurs popping up all over the u.s.The Discovery of oil shaped the future of texas forever. The first discovery of oil was at spindletop, january 10th 1901.This caused a sudden increase in jobs but people would also leave their…

Henry Massie Rector was the state’s sixth governor. He was part of Arkansas’s political dynasty during the antebellum period, but he was not always comfortable in that role and played a part in its downfall. Henry Rector was born on May 1, 1816, at Fontaine’s Ferry near Louisville, Kentucky, to Elias Rector and Fannie Bardell Thurston. He was the only one of their children to survive to maturity. Elias Rector, one of the numerous Rectors who worked as deputy surveyors under William Rector, the…