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first occupiers of Texas Native Americans for up to 10,000 years
the first tribes to settle in Caddo and Apache
Texas
why was Texas popular for plentiful hunting and farming land
settlement
Caddos occupied land Trinity River to Mississippi River and north to Red River
from
Apache occupied south and west to the area now known as Big Bend
the other two tribes Karankawa and Coahuiltecan
these two tribes settled coastal regions
the
-Spanish: Alvar Nunez de Vaca
-rescued near Galveston Island
first explorers -Spain established missions, military bases and
settlements throughout Texas and Mexico calling it
New Spain
Texans of Mexican Tejanos
heritage are called
, most tejanos stayed out of ayuntamiento
the war between Texas
and Mexico and preferred
self governance called
tejanos who did not fight rewarded with land but their ancestral land was taken
for Mexico were from them
mexican govt promoted Anglo
the ___ settlement in Texas
who were these people american settlers
why did mexicans support raise revenue through taxes
anglo settlement?
people who were granted empersarios
the right to settle the land
and recruit other settlers
to come to Texas were
called
these settlements led to conflicts between Tejanos and Anglos
if Texas were an 10th in the world
independent nation today,
our economy would rank
our gross state product in $1.7 trillion, 2nd highest in US
2017 was
texas is home to ___ of the 6
top 50 companies on
fortune 500 list
1. food and fiber(corn, cotton, timber)
sources of texas economic 2. fuel
strength 3. cattle
4. manufacturing
economic good fortune from 2001 to 2008. texas did
what is the texas miracle not suffer from 2008 recession unlike other states due
to the price of fuel
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Terms in this set (170)
first occupiers of Texas Native Americans for up to 10,000 years
the first tribes to settle in Caddo and Apache
Texas
why was Texas popular for plentiful hunting and farming land
settlement
Caddos occupied land Trinity River to Mississippi River and north to Red River
from
Apache occupied south and west to the area now known as Big Bend
the other two tribes Karankawa and Coahuiltecan
these two tribes settled coastal regions
the
-Spanish: Alvar Nunez de Vaca
-rescued near Galveston Island
first explorers -Spain established missions, military bases and
settlements throughout Texas and Mexico calling it
New Spain
Texans of Mexican Tejanos
heritage are called
, most tejanos stayed out of ayuntamiento
the war between Texas
and Mexico and preferred
self governance called
tejanos who did not fight rewarded with land but their ancestral land was taken
for Mexico were from them
mexican govt promoted Anglo
the ___ settlement in Texas
who were these people american settlers
why did mexicans support raise revenue through taxes
anglo settlement?
people who were granted empersarios
the right to settle the land
and recruit other settlers
to come to Texas were
called
these settlements led to conflicts between Tejanos and Anglos
if Texas were an 10th in the world
independent nation today,
our economy would rank
our gross state product in $1.7 trillion, 2nd highest in US
2017 was
texas is home to ___ of the 6
top 50 companies on
fortune 500 list
1. food and fiber(corn, cotton, timber)
sources of texas economic 2. fuel
strength 3. cattle
4. manufacturing
economic good fortune from 2001 to 2008. texas did
what is the texas miracle not suffer from 2008 recession unlike other states due
to the price of fuel
