1. Chapter 9: Life in Early Texas Section 3: Trade and Transportation

2. Farming & Ranching Farming dominated the Texas economy during the 1820s and 1830s Families worked to prepare the fields, harvest crops, and perform household tasks 3. Farming & RanchingPlantationslargefarms that usuallyspecialized in growingone kind of crop 4. Farming & Ranching Often resembled small communities Sometimes covered thousands of acresSlaves working on Slave labora plantation 5. Farming & Ranching Cotton was the main crops grownfor profit in the lower Brazos andColorado River Valleys 6. Farming & Ranching Mild climate, prairies, river valleys provided good pastures for cattle and livestock. Before US settlers arrived, many Tejanos had become successful ranchers. 7. Business, Trade, & Transportation Craftspeople, merchants, blacksmiths, carpenters, shopkeepers operated in Texas Such businessmen engaged in free enterprise economics 8. Business, Trade, & Transportation Free Enterpriseeconomic system in which businesses operate with minimal government control Businessmen in Texas were for a free enterprise system. 9. Business, Trade, & TransportationWilliam GoyenTexas diplomat whonegotiated with theCherokee 10. Business, Trade, &Transportation Money was limited Barterthe trade of one good or service for another 11. Business, Trade, &Transportation Exportsitems that acountrysells toothernations 12. Business, Trade, &Transportation Texas exports: cattle, corn, cotton, cowhides, furs, hoses, pork, salt Importsgoods bought from another country Little manufacturing 13. Business, Trade, &Transportation Poor roads obstacle to economic growth Transportation by river in Texas was not much better than by road Ports along the Gulf Coast did not solve internal transportation problems