Term | Definition |
Problems during early statehood | -slavery = ehhhh
-conflict with mx
- big pop. |
The Mexican-American War | tx annexed -> USA buys tx and cali but -> fights mx agrees |
New Mexican Boundary Dispute/ Compromise of 1850 | -modern tx size
-california free, texas slave
-terrtories ambiguous (ppl there decide) |
Major ethnic groups during early statehood period | south-born white (not north)
Anglos, Mexicans, Germans, Wends, Czechs, Polish, English, and Irish, and African Americans |
Aspects of Slavery in Texas | large increase
- master controlled lives & minimally |
"Cart Wars" | ethnic hostilities toward mx b/c they transported food faster with oxcarts
-Want whites to move good to central tx |
Juan Cortina | mx military resistance to racism
republic of rio grande
Brownsville raid-> Cortina wars...... tx rangers mad
beat a mx-usa force
"Robin Hood of the Rio Grande" |
Women in Texas during early statehood | right to not forfeit land upon marriage
-household duties
-garden |
Religion in Texas during early statehood | mx= catholic
us= christian.. |
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | USA buys tx & cali |
Tx-NM Boundary Dispute | tx gave land to pay off debts |