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Texians were Anglo-American residents of Texas when Texas was part of Mexico, and subsequently when it was a sovereign nation. The history of Texas as part of the United States began in 1845 but settlement of the region dates back to the end of the Upper Paleolithic Period French Texas was the period of Texas history from 1685 until 1689 Spanish Texas was one of the interior provinces of New Spain from 1690 until 1821 Mexican Texas is the given name by Texas history scholars to the period between 1821 and 1836 when Texas was governed by Mexico. The Republic of Texas was a sovereign Nation in North America between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to The state of Texas seceded from the United States on February 1, 1861, and joined the Confederate States of America on March Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The Republic of Texas was a sovereign Nation in North America between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to [1]
Residents of the modern U. S. state of Texas are known as Texans.
However, many different immigrant groups came to Texas over the centuries. There was Spanish immigration in the 1600s, French in the 1700s and massive German, Czech, Dutch, Swedish, Irish, Scots and Welsh immigration in the years leading up to Texas independence in the 1800s. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as Czechs (Češi ˈt͡ʃɛʃɪ archaic Čechové) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic The Dutch people ( Dutch:) are the dominant Ethnic group of the Netherlands. The Irish people ( Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a Western European Ethnic group who originate The Scots people ( Scots Gaelic: Albannaich) are a Nation and an Ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. The Welsh people ( Welsh: Cymro ("Welshman" Cymraes ("Welsh woman" Cymry ("Welshmen/women" Cymry Thus, the word Texian is not specific to Anglo immigrants or English speaking immigrants that settled the land, yet Texian refers to anyone of any color and language not of local Tejano heritage. Tejano or Tex-Mex music is also a kind of music originating in Texas
Also of note; the Texian Army that was organized for the Texas Revolution for independence from Mexico in 1835-36 was a very diverse group of men and women from many different nations and/or states. The Texian Army was made up of local native-born Tejano volunteers, United States volunteers from states such as Alabama, the Carolinas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia, as well as nations like England, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and what is now the Czech Republic.
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Footnotes
- ^ de la Teja (1997), p. 79.
References
- de la Teja, Jesus F. (1997), “The Colonization and Independence of Texas: A Tejano Perspective”, in Rodriguez O. , Jaime E. & Vincent, Kathryn, Myths, Misdeeds, and Misunderstandings: The Roots of Conflict in U. S. –Mexican Relations, Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources Inc. Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine , ISBN 0842026622
See also
- Tejano, the Hispanic-American citizens of the state and the Republic. Tejano or Tex-Mex music is also a kind of music originating in Texas
- Mexican Texas
- Republic of Texas
External links
- Texian from the Handbook of Texas Online
- The Texian Legacy Association homepage
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