Download For the Love of Texas PDF Book by Betsy Christian
Inside this Book – Once upon a time, back in the 1820s, land in Texas was really, really cheap. Even though the Spanish government owned the land, the government gave an American, Stephen F. Austin, permission to move to Texas and bring three hundred American families to settle on Texas soil. What a deal! But while Austin was riding his horse to Texas, Mexico won a war against Spain and took Texas like a big, fat prize. For the next sixteen years, Austin and his fellow settlers nursed relationships with Mexico, Texas’ new owner. They worked the land, fought with the Native Americans (and sometimes each other) and generally tried to make a go out of a difficult situation. What began with those original “Old Three Hundred” families ended in 1835–36 with a “Texian” (American + Texan = Texian) revolt against Mexican rule. That’s what this book is about—the revolt or revolution. Between the time Austin and his Old Three Hundred settled in Texas and the time the revolution started, the settlers had made great progress gained through hard work, suffering and sacrifice. The revolution brought it all to a screeching halt, as people who had come to Texas to be farmers, merchants, craftsmen, lawyers and land speculators left their land and occupations to grab a gun—or a stick, rock, knife or whatever they could find—to fight against the powerful Mexican army.
- Full Book Name – For the Love of Texas
- Author of this Book – Betsy Christian
- Language – English
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- Size – 2 MB
- eBook Pages – 109
For the Love of Texas by Betsy Christian PDF Book
- Download For the Love of Texas PDF Book by Betsy Christian Inside this Book – Once upon a time, back in the 1820s, land in Texas was really, really cheap. Even though the Spanish government owned the land, the government gave an American, Stephen F. Austin, permission to move to Texas and bring three hundred American families to settle on Texas soil. What a deal! But while Austin was riding his horse to Texas, Mexico won a war against Spain and took Texas like a big, fat prize. For the next sixteen years, Austin and his fellow settlers nursed relationships with Mexico, Texas’ new owner. They worked the land, fought with the Native Americans (and sometimes each other) and generally tried to make a go out of a difficult situation. What began with those original “Old Three Hundred” families ended in 1835–36 with a “Texian” (American + Texan = Texian) revolt against Mexican rule. That’s what this book is about—the revolt or revolution. Between the time Austin and his Old Three Hundred settled in Texas and the time the revolution started, the settlers had made great progress gained through hard work, suffering and sacrifice. The revolution brought it all to a screeching halt, as people who had come to Texas to be farmers, merchants, craftsmen, lawyers and land speculators left their land and occupations to grab a gun—or a stick, rock, knife or whatever they could find—to fight against the powerful Mexican army.
- Full Book Name – For the Love of Texas
- Author of this Book – Betsy Christian
- Language – English
- Book Genre –
- Download Format – PDF
- Size – 2 MB
- eBook Pages – 109
