My geographic narrative isn’t your typical Texas A&M student story, 2 years ago I moved to College Station from my home in Salinas, California but once you read my story you’ll realize that move isn’t as random as it seems. My mom grew up in San Antonio Texas, but lived in several different places in her younger years because her father was an Air Force Kernel. She attended Texas A&M University in College Station and was a part of the graduating class of 1980. After college my mom moved by herself to Los Angeles, California and after a couple years met my father there. My dad is a third generation Californian, with his grandparents settling by the Sacramento River in northern California and his father and mother settling in Los Angles where …show more content…
My father’s side of the family escaped religious oppression in Yorkshire, England and travelled to America to practice their Puritan beliefs in peace with others. My mother’s side of the family came to America as a volunteer group in one of 16 families who came from the Canary Islands off the coast of Morocco under the rule of the King of Spain in 1731 to establish themselves in the province of Texas. A recession had just hit the Islands because of cash crop competition from the American colonies, so during this time many people were immigrating to various other Spanish territories. My ancestor that emigrated from those Islands, Juan Curbelo, became the 6th mayor of San Antonio in 1737, again in 1739 and his son was elected mayor for 3 different terms. His granddaughter married a man named John William Smith in San Antonio, who was the first mayor under the Republic of Texas and twice more after that, which has been credited to his wife’s influence as an original settler. During his time of being mayor he served a diverse population of about 2,000 people which were about 1/3 American English, 1/3 German and the last third very mixed nationalities. John Smith had a role in a very important piece of Texas history when he served as a messenger twice during the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. He was sent from the Alamo to observe the oncoming Mexican troops to assess their size and location, and then to Washington- on- the Brazos to bring more troops for support, which allowed him to escape the final attack of Santa Anna and the fate that the defenders of the Alamo suffered that day. He stayed very involved in the government of Texas, serving as a senator for the Republic of Texas for 3 years under
Then the mexican and American war happened and he got the chance he had been waiting for. he went and fought in the Mexican American war and once it was over
Davy was stationed in the Alamo under the command of William B. Travis who had taken the Alamo from the Mexican Army, however William later disobeyed orders to retreat from the Alamo because, even though there was a large number of forces coming from Mexico Travis felt that the Alamo was a very important area and
In 1808 he left home, after he obtained a commision as a first lieutenant in the army. He was in the Black Hawk War, Second Seminole war, the War of 1812, and he was a mexican war hero. He was a national war hero for what he did in the Mexican war. He was also in the War of 1812.
. Sam Houston was born in Virginia on March 2, 1793. He was a husband, father, soldier, lawyer, a congressman from Tennessee, Governor of Tennessee, he was a drunk, adopted Cherokee, major general of the Texas Army, President of the Republic of Texas, Texas Representative, and a Senator from Texas. One of the biggest roles he played in his life time was being governor of Texas around 1859 till 1861. He participated in the War of 1812, he was involved in Tennessee politics.
The text goes into a great amount of detail about information revolving around the Alamo and the Revolution in Texas. During my primary school career, we never went as in depth about this topic at any time period. There were more survivors in the Alamo than I had initially believed to be. I did not have the impression that there was a decent amount left in the structure remaining; even though there were several Mexicans and Tejanos. During the Battle of San Jacinto, Santa Anna was somehow able to discuss his life being spared and he would order his armies to fall back.
During the early 1800’s America was smaller than it is now with only thirteen colonies, and after Thomas Jefferson just making a huge land purchase, called the Louisiana purchase, there was considerable land to explore. Davy Crockett was a very brave and confident man, who was brave enough to explore the wild frontier and make friends with Native Americans. Because of Crockett 's determination, he helped form a county in Tennessee called Lawrence County, was elected a senator in the House of Representatives, and fought in the war of the Alamo to help Texas achieve their freedom. Since Crockett helped Texas secure their freedom, by fighting in the war against the Alamo, U.S. citizens can now live in Texas without being under the rule of Mexico.
The legend of the Virgen de Guadalupe has become a common symbol of hope to many incoming immigrants of Latin American countries. Due to U.S. governmental and economic interventions in Latin American countries, it has caused many people to migrate as refuges and flee unstable environments. These mass migrations have been followed by torturous trails and stories that many times end in death or abuse, however, other times it has allowed refugees to move away and live stable lives in the U.S. However, once in the U.S., these immigrants are faced with discriminatory policy based on false accusations that makes their lives unsafe and unprotected. Therefore, Latinx religious faith becomes a strong component of community for these groups.
The richness of El Paso, Texas relies on the vast diversity observed in each one of its citizens, which has opened the way for El Paso to develop as a multicultural city. Emigration has been one of the main factors that has diversified El Paso’s cultural background, citizens from all over the world have landed a foot over American territory and have made it theirs, several nationalities, several races, one community, one El Paso. Emigration has also caused the expansion of a plethora of traditions across the area, which has made El Paso’s culture an indispensable resource of the state of Texas. A diverse country, state or city is the one that values the difference in people and therefore recognizes that people with different backgrounds,
Cierra Moreno Government 2306 Extra Credit A difference in policy Both Sam Houston and Mirabeau Lamar are known as former president’s of the Republic of Texas. They share many similarities, but mostly differ in policy towards Native American’s. For example, many of their differences have nothing to do with their views but of the way they act a certain way.
Sam Houston only had 1 formal year of school and went to live with the Indians at 16, but even with those conditions he became an extremely heroic leader of Texas. Sam Houston was born in Virginia 1793, at an early point in his life he moved to Tennessee with his mother, brothers, and sisters. Houston had only one year of formal school and lived with the Indians for 3 years. When the US went to war against England, Houston joined the army. During the battle against the Creek Indians at Horseshoe Bend, Alabama, He showed his bravery but continuing to fight with an arrow in his thigh and two rifle balls in his shoulder.
“Texas will again lift its head and stand among the nations’. Says Sam Houston when the fight for Texas independence began (Texas revolution). At the battle of Gonzales on October 1835, Sam Houston played a major role in fighting for independence, he lead the soldiers of Texas through the battles of gaining independence. He is a politician and a soldier, he was born at timber ridge plantation. On March 11th he joined in at the battle of Gonzales.
He would tell stories of his hunting trips and events in his life. But he didn't get elected for a second term.he decided to take part in the battle of the Alamo. There were only a few hundred soldiers at the alamo so Quan Seguin delivered the message to general Sam Houston, but he told Quan Seguin to stay because it was already too late to send anybody there. So they were there basically to die for the Alamo and they knew it was a great possibility that they were all going to die. Davy Crockett kept their spirits up though, they knew that they were
In the book Sleuthing the Alamo, by historian James E. Crisp we are faced with some surprising truths about the Texas Revolution as he draws attention to many facilities that have been said to be truths over the years. These facts are often covered by tales of racism and political correctness. Over the course of this engrossing interpretation of the Texas Revolution this historian works like a detective to bring light to the more difficult truths behind all the tales that many believe. I believe James E. Crisp’s thesis to be fairly straightforward. This historian wishes to bring truth to the light.
For this book review, I am going to be talking about David Montejano’s book entitled Quixote’s Soldiers, A local history of the Chicano Movement, 1966-1981. The author’s purpose is very well explained and it is not hard to understand. The author clearly tries to explain different ideologies, individuals and organizations located in one of the Southwest’s major cities, San Antonio, Texas, during the late 1960s and early 190s. All these varieties mentioned above made possible that a movement was created called Chicano Movement, a group that David Montejano provides a deeply understanding and description of the movement during the reading of the book. Since, the city was governed by a tough Anglosocial elite that was firmly convinced in the way
I am from the cold winters of Indiana and the humid summers of Georgia, both filled with agriculture and famous cities, but different as can be. I was born and raised in Brazil, Indiana where I developed my love for marching band and color guard, as well as the crisp weather that came along with it. I would spend many Saturdays at my family’s farm, digging up rocks or riding in the combine with my father. I believed that I was to spend my high school career in the Hoosier state and become great at what I loved as I found it marching with the high school color guard my 8th grade year. My father then accepted a promotion for his work located in Statesboro, Georgia and my,