What Conflicts Developed Between Anglos And Tejanos, What Was Their Root Causes

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What conflicts developed between Anglos and Tejanos, what was their root causes? Many Texans were glad about Texas joining the Union, but Tejanos felt misplaced as they were no longer connected to Mexico. Anglos began to feel a superiority to Tejanos, so they started to treat them badly. Some residents in Seguin went as far as trying to ban some Mexicans from even visiting and many Tejanos were expelled from Texas on the basis of false accusations. Tejanos were selling food at low prices and Anglos began to terrorize them in hopes of running them off so Anglos could make money selling their own produce. Mexicans and Tejanos also created a cavalry to fight against Confederate Texas because of previous issues they had faced with Anglos. Once …show more content…

Some still felt bitter towards Mexicans, but others did not share those same feelings. There was also some debate on whether Texas would be a slave state or not because while the minority of Texans were slaveowners, they controlled three-fourths of the wealth. There were also debates on where the border of Texas was. Many Texans did not agree on whether or not slavery should be legal and any person that spoke out against slavery was subjected to violence or even being murdered. On the brink of the Civil War there were disagreements of whether or not Texas should secede, but due to the way voting was done by Anglo men their voices were the only ones that were heard. Despite their disadvantages, eighteen counties in Texas had voted against seceding, but it did not matter in the end. Some people, such as Judge E.J. Davis, refused to swear an oath of loyalty to the confederacy and started a Texas U.S. cavalry to fight against it. During the war many Texans were unhappy with the Conscription Acts of 1862 because they exempted slave owners of 20 or more slaves from Confederative service. After the war was over there was still a lot of discord among Texans. Some were angry at the men that did not fight for the Confederacy and others were angry at those who fought against the Union. Before, during, and after the Civil war Texans experienced many

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