OK. Texas history as a STATE is DEFINATELY inherently SOUTHERN. BUT, BEFORE 1836 Texas was part of MEXICO, while the REST of the south was still well southern. I would say AFTER 1836 is when the SOUTHERNESS of Texas REALLY jumped off and got to popping, because ALOT of what WE see in the more urban parts of Texas, were setlled by SOUTHERNERS. BUT, if we were to include the WHOLE history of Texas, that means BEFORE the Texas Independence and BEFORE the Civil War, then MOST of Texas(and NOT all), then it has HEAVY western influence.
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Spanish Texas
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Spanish Texas was one of the interior provinces of
New Spain from 1690 until 1821. Although Spain nominally claimed ownership of the territory, which comprised part of modern-day
Texas, including the land north of the
Medina and
Nueces Rivers, the Spanish did not attempt to colonize the area until after discovering evidence of the failed French colony of
Fort Saint Louis in 1689. In 1690,
Alonso De León escorted several
Catholic missionaries to
East Texas, where they established the first mission in Texas. When native tribes resisted the Spanish presence, the missionaries returned to Mexico, abandoning Texas for the next two decades.
The Spanish returned to East Texas in 1716, establishing several missions and a
presidio to maintain a buffer between Spanish Territory and the French territory of
Louisiana. Two years later, the first civilian settlement in Texas,
San Antonio, was established as a way station between the missions and the nearest existing Spanish settlement. The new town quickly became a target for raids by the
Lipan Apache. The raids continued periodically for almost three decades, until in 1749 the Spanish and the Apache made peace. The peace treaty angered the enemies of the Apache and resulted in raids on Spanish settlements by the
Comanche,
Tonkawa, and
Hasinai tribes. Fear of Indian attacks and remoteness from the rest of the
viceroyalty discouraged settlers from moving to Texas, and it remained one of the least populated provinces of New Spain. The threat of Indian attacks did not decrease until 1785, when Spain reached a peace agreement with the Comanche, who later assisted in defeating the Lipan Apache and
Karankawa tribes which had continued to cause difficulties for Spanish settlers. An increase in the number of missions in the province allowed for a peaceful conversion of other tribes, and by the end of the eighteenth century, only a small number of the hunting and gathering tribes in the area had not been
Christianized.
France formally relinquished its claim to Texas in 1762, when French Louisiana was ceded to Spain. Louisiana's addition meant that Texas was no longer essential as a buffer province, and the easternmost settlements in Texas were disbanded, with the population relocated to San Antonio. In 1799, however, Spain gave Louisiana back to France, and shortly thereafter
Napoleon sold the territory to the United States. U.S. President
Thomas Jefferson insisted that the purchase included all land to the east of the
Rocky Mountains and to the north of the
Rio Grande. The dispute was not resolved until 1819, when Spain traded Florida to the United States in return for recognition of the
Sabine River as Texas's eastern boundary.
During the
Mexican War of Independence from 1810–1821, Texas experienced much turmoil. Governor
Manuel MarÃa de Salcedo was overthrown by rebels in 1810, but persuaded his jailer to release him and assist him in organizing a countercoup. Three years later, the
Republican Army of the North, comprised primarily of Indians and Americans, again overthrew the Texas government and executed Salcedo. The Spanish response was brutal, and by 1820 fewer than 2000 Hispanic citizens remained in Texas. Spain was forced to relinquish its control of New Spain in 1821, and Texas becoming
a province of the newly formed nation of
Mexico, leading to the period in Texas history known as
Mexican Texas.
The Spanish left a deep mark on Texas. Their European livestock caused
mesquite to spread inland while farmers tilled and irrigated the land, changing the landscape forever.
Spanish language provided the names for many of the rivers, towns, and counties that currently exist, and Spanish architectural concepts still flourish. Although Texas eventually adopted much of the Anglo-American legal system, many Spanish legal practices were retained, including the concept of a
homestead exemption and
community property.
Mexican Texas
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The province of Coahuila and Texas in 1833, showing the major land grants
Mexican Texas is the given name by
Texas history scholars to the period between 1821 and 1836, when Texas was governed by
Mexico. The period began with
Mexico's victory over
Spain in its
war of independence in 1821. For the first several years of its existence, Mexican Texas operated very similarly to
Spanish Texas. The
1824 Constitution of Mexico joined Texas with
Coahuila to form the state of
Coahuila y Tejas. The same year, Mexico enacted the General Colonization Law, which enabled all heads of household, regardless of race or immigrant status, to claim land in Mexico. The first
empresarial grant had been made under Spanish control to
Stephen F. Austin, whose settlers, known as the
Old Three Hundred, settled along the
Brazos River in 1822. The grant was later ratified by the Mexican government. Twenty-three other empresarios brought settlers to the state, the majority from the
United States of America.
Many of the Anglo-American settlers owned slaves. Texas was granted a one-year exemption from Mexico's 1829 edict outlawing slavery but Mexican president
Anastasio Bustamante ordered that all slaves be freed in 1830. To circumvent the law, many Anglo colonists converted their slaves into indentured servants for life. By 1836 there were 5,000 slaves in Texas.
Also in 1830, Bustamante outlawed the immigration of United States citizens to Texas. Several new
presidios were established in the region to monitor immigration and customs practices. Angry colonists held a
convention in 1832 to demand that U.S. citizens be allowed to immigrate. The following year, their
Convention of 1833 proposed that Texas become a separate Mexican state. Although Mexico implemented several measures to appease the colonists,
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's measures to transform Mexico from a federalist to a centralist state provided an excuse for the Texan colonists to revolt.
The first violent incident occurred on June 26, 1832 at the
battle of Velasco. On March 2, 1836, Texans signed the
Texas Declaration of Independence. The
Texas Revolution ended on April 21, 1836 when Santa Anna was taken prisoner following the
battle of San Jacinto. Although Texas then governed itself as the
Republic of Texas, Mexico refused to recognize its independence.
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