Tejanos in TexasTexas revolution is one of historys biggest incidences of rebellion from Anglo colonists and Tejanos against the central government of Mexico. There were differences between the settlements of Tejanos and Anglo colonists despite havin Continue Reading...
Alamo was a heroic struggle against impossible odds and it was a place where men had made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom and hence Alamo still remains a hallowed place and shrine of Texas liberty.
This battle provided a sense of honor to the Te Continue Reading...
S. today are called African-Americans or Afro-Americans. As Africans had been brought into the U.S. they had been deprived by their traditions, being forced to integrate in the larger, more complex community. In spite of the slave owners and traders' Continue Reading...
Civil Rights
African-American and Mexican-American
Civil Rights in Texas
This essay discusses African-American and Mexican-American civil rights in Texas. The goal is to discover what some of the key events was in each the African-American and the Continue Reading...
Presidio La Bahia was built in 1721 where LaSalle's doomed Fort St. Louis was originally situated towards the western shore of Garcitas Creek, just short distance from the present day Port Lavaca. Due to trouble with the Karankawa Indians this locati Continue Reading...
Southwest History
Susan Shelby Magoffin was the first or among the first white American or non-Indian women to cross the Santa Fe Trail. She traveled as the young and new bride of a successful trader, Samuel Magoffin, who had established business wi Continue Reading...
David McDonald; Jose Antonio Navarro: In search of the American Dream in Nineteenth Century Texas
McDonald, D. (2010). Jose Antonio Navarro: In search of the American Dream in Nineteenth
Century Texas, Denton: Texas State Historical Association.
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" In other words, republicanism in an expanding state would inevitably lead to more despotic, aristocratic, and monarchical regimes. Hence, if the U.S. were to follow a policy of expansion, it would, at least, theoretically conflict with its republic Continue Reading...
Latin Music
Many are unaware that in the United States today, people are blessed with a variety of Spanish-language and other Latin American cultures that are in the midst -- which were brought to the country by individuals from numerous different p Continue Reading...
Latin American Music
Music Industry
The music industry is undergoing a global technological revolution which has been induced by the introduction of Peer to Peer (P2P) file sharing services, and the proliferation of recordable CD equipment which hi Continue Reading...