After the Panic of 1819, American colonization of Texas began! _____ _____ After the Panic of 1819, American colonization of Texas began! 1821-1836 Gone To Texas

Texas Fever 1821 – 1830’s GTT

People who came to Texas Farmers (mostly southerners from the U.S.) Europeans (British, Irish, Scottish, French, German, Italian, etc) African Americans (both free & slaves) Native Americans (Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Delaware, Shawnee) Mexicans or Tejanos (Texans of Spanish heritage) GTT GTT

How did people get to Texas Covered wagons Horseback Flatboats Ships Walked GTT

Push Factors Reasons for people to leave the U.S. or their home land GTT

Push Factors Debts from the Panic of 1819 Financial depression Business failures Inability of U.S. officials to: collect debts get fugitives in Texas GTT

Reasons for people to choose to come and live in TX Pull Factors Reasons for people to choose to come and live in TX GTT

Pull Factors Cheap land --- 12 ½ an acre New start in life Easy payment terms Fertile soil – farming Generous colonization laws for acreage GTT

G.T.T What does it mean? GONE TO TEXAS When people left town owing money or accused of a crime, people would say they had… GONE TO TEXAS What does it mean? GTT

G.T.T Why Settlers Came: escaping hard times, debts escaping criminal charges U.S. creditors and authorities had no power in Texas Texas had cheaper land; easier payment terms GTT

G.T.T How They Traveled on foot by covered wagon on horseback by flatboats on rivers by ocean going steamships GTT

Upon their arrival in Texas, the settlers would: Choose land near rivers and streams to build their farms and towns Avoid areas where hostile Indians lived All lived in the Gulf Coastal Plains region EXAMPLES of growing towns: Galveston, San Antonio, Nacogdoches, Goliad, Columbia, San Felipe de Austin, Matagorda, Harrisburg, Washington on the Brazos, Gonzales, Victoria, Velasco, Brazoria, Anahuac, Seguin

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