Vocabulary
A device used to send and receive messages over long distances using codes for letters and numbers.
What is as telegraph?
This man brought German speaking immigrants from Alsace, France to Texas and created a successful colony.
Who was Henri Castro?
These were used to transport people and mail along regular routes, but were dangerous and expensive to use and frequently came under attack by Native Americans and robbers.
What were stagecoaches?
This was a broad area of South Central Texas where many German immigrants first settled.
What was the German Belt?
These were the two main types of livestock raised in Texas.
What are cattle and sheep?
This a festival or religious celebration.
What is a FIESTA?
He was a free African-American who worked as an interpreter between Texans and Native Americans and later gained wealth in real estate.
Who was William Goyens?
If these had not existed in Texas, new industries would have had to form to take the place of large scale agriculture in the Texas economy.
What were plantations?
Lawmakers created this act to discourage land speculators and encourage home ownership by protecting from seizure by creditors up to 50 acres of land plus the home and improvements.
What was the Homestead Act of 1839?
(don't necessarily the date)
Many of these were built to meet the demand for lumber to build new homes and stores as Texas town grew.
What are sawmills?
Crops grown to be used on the farm where it was raised.
What are SUBSISTENCE CROPS?
This company helped settle 7,000 Germans in Texas but was a financial failure.
What was the German Emigration Company?
These artisans were particularly important to the farmers in Texas as they made the plows which were essential to farmers' work.
What were blacksmiths?
These land grants were given to the heads of households of immigrant families who then either settled on the land or sold it to land speculators.
What are Headright Grants?
These flat bottomed barges were used by Texans to cross rivers and streams too deep or swift to cross on foot or with wagons.
What are ferries?
A person skilled at making things by hand.
What is an ARTISAN?
He was the Scottish immigrant who settled the Texas town of Waco.
Who was Neal McLennan?
This crop was very profitable in Texas, but it carried many risks such as high cost to plant, frosts, storms, and pests which could ruin the crop.
What was cotton?
The presence of this practice inhibited the immigration of free African-Americans from the US and elsewhere to Texas during the early Republic period.
What is Slavery?
This person masquerades as a super hero named Sussboy.
Who is R'Teiste?
A person licensed and paid in land or money to bring settlers into a country.
What is an IMMIGRATION AGENT?
He was a doctor and diplomat who farmed and raised livestock on the Gulf Coast.
Who was Ashbel Smith?
The availability of these attracted settlers and influenced the building of town and overall settlement patterns.
What were Natural Resources?
These were the two main religions found in the Republic of Texas during the early Republic. One was already present, the other was brought by immigrants.
What is Roman Catholicism and Protestantism?
These native Texans were often viewed with suspicion and prejudice by Anglo American who sometimes took their property by force.
Who were Tejanos?