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

2. Gone to Texas During the 1820s-30s the population of Texas surged Some settlers from Europe and other parts of Mexico

3. Gone to Texas Most early settlers in Texas were farmers from the southern United States.

4. Gone to Texas Pull factors: –Cheap land –Easy payments

5. 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

6. Gone to Texas Word spreads that Texas is a place filled with outlaws and undesirable people

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. The People of Texas Europeans: primarily of British, German, French, or Italian background African Americans –2000 slave –150 free

11. Getting to Texas and Choosing Land 1835: an estimated 1,000 settlers entering Texas each month Coming to Texas: –Wagon trains –Horseback –Walked –Water

12. Getting to Texas and Choosing Land Flatboats— LONG LOW BOAT means of transportation for many settlers

13. Getting to Texas and Choosing Land Usually settled around rivers and streams Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Delaware, & Shawnee Indians came to Texas. Fertile soil and mild climate attracted many U.S. settlers to the Gulf Coast Plain and Piney Woods Avoided Apache & Comanche lands

14. G.T.T. Why U.S. Setters Came:How They Traveled: