7th Test Review pt. 2: TX Settlement and Causes

By 1834, There were 24,000 Tejanos and new arrivals (not even counting the thousands of Native Americans in Texas)

Most of the immigrants to Texas were farmers from the south of the US

Things such as cheap land and easy payment terms attracted settlers to Texas.

People skipped town to get to Texas so often, The authorities would simply mark the account as “G.T.T.” or “Gone to Texas.”

Texas attracted people for other reasons:

●The US authorities could not collect debts from people in Texas

●The US authorities had no jurisdiction in Texas.

This meant that many outlaws and drifters also were attracted to Texas.Texas became known as a place full of unsavory characters

By the 1830s Texas a a booming Mexican state. It was gaining a large amount of immigrant population (mostly from the U.S.) and contained a variety of people.

A mixture of people led to a mixture of beliefs in society and government. 

When building a house on the Texas frontier, you had to make due with what materials were in your surroundings.

dogtrot houses- a house with one hallway down the middle that would allow air to flow through all rooms.

Most Texans wore wool, cotton, and buckskin- deer hide- but as a last resort because it was often uncomfortable and smelly.

For food, Texans relied on the crops they grew- vegetables, livestock/meat, fruits (peaches, berries, etc.), and most especially corn

The state constitution of Coahuila y Tejas stated that public education should be made available to all children.

However, there were few capable teachers, tuition prevented many from attending school, and the demands of farm life kept many kids in the fields helping on the farm.

There were some places with more than 1,000 people. These were Texas cities at the time.San Antonio and Nacogdoches were two of the larger cities in Texas at the time.

Responsibilities of this local government were:

Establishing police forces

Providing food inspection, maintaining roads, keeping sanitation, and other necessary keeping of city life. 

It had more than 2,000 people by the 1820s, and the population steadily grew.

The roads were not paved, though, and disease and pollution were commonplace.

Nacogdoches experienced a steady increase in population.Although not as populated as San Antonio, it did boast over 1,000 settlers at one time.It had almost been abandoned