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Chapter 9: Life in Early Texas Section 1: Texas Fever

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Page 1: TX History Ch 9.1

Chapter 9: Life in Early Texas

Section 1: Texas Fever

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Gone to Texas

•During the 1820s-30s the population of Texas surged

•Some settlers from Europe and other parts of Mexico

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Gone to Texas

•Most early settlers in Texas were

farmers from the United States.

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Gone to Texas

•Pull factors:

–Cheap land

–Easy payments

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Gone to Texas

•Push factors:

–Debts from the Panic of 1819 and resulting depression

– Inability of U.S. officials to collect debts or get fugitives in Texas

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Gone to Texas

•Word spreads that Texas is a place filled with outlaws and undesirable people

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Gone to Texas

G.T.T.•Gone to Texas—a phrase that often meant that someone disappeared

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The People of Texas

• By 1834 a Mexican official estimated that Texas population was 21,000:

• 15,000 from the U.S.—most were English, Irish, or Scottish ancestry

• Squatters: people who do not legally own the land on which they live

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The People of Texas

• 1834: Tejano population was about 4,000

• Most lived around Nacogdoches or San Antonio

• Most Tejanos welcome Americans—saw them as a boost to economy and protection against Indians

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The People of Texas

•Europeans: primarily of British, German, French, or Italian background

•African Americans–2000 slave–150 free

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Getting to Texas and Choosing Land

• 1835: an estimated 1,000 settlers entering Texas each month

• Coming to Texas:– Wagon trains– Horseback– Walked– Water

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Getting to Texas and Choosing Land

• Flatboats—means of transportation for many settlers

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Getting to Texas and Choosing Land

• Usually settled around rivers and streams

• Fertile soil and mild climate attracted many U.S. settlers to the Gulf Coast Plain and Piney Woods

• Avoided Apache & Comanche lands

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G.T.T.

Why U.S. Setters Came: How They Traveled: