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Category Archives: New Spain
The Texas Navy — Part 2
(Continued from Last Week) The Second Texas Navy In mid-1837, all Texas’ ships were either wrecked, captured, or seized by creditors — making Texas vulnerable to another Mexican invasion. Mexico’s effective blockade of the Texas coastline made any ship attempting … Continue reading
The Texas Navy — Part 1
Background The Mexican Independence Era (1808-1829) was part of a much larger political movement in the Americas. It was a time when the Hispanic people of North America, Central America, and South America (and far distant Asian countries) threw off … Continue reading
Bondage & Deliverance
Introduction The term “brain drain” describes the large-scale migration of educated or highly skilled people from one country, economic sector, or field to another, usually for better opportunities or living conditions. It may have begun during the Age of Exploration … Continue reading
God made man — but Texas made Texans
Introduction In 1820, Tejas (Texas) was a province of New Spain. In that year, the population of Hispanics living in Texas was around 1,700 — mainly concentrated in San Antonio, but with a spattering of people also living in Nacogdoches … Continue reading
An Old Texas Fort
Age of Discovery Spain began its age of discovery and conquest with the voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492.[1] From that moment when Columbus accidentally stumbled into the American continent, Spanish explorers and conquistadors began building an empire so large that … Continue reading
The American Frontier
Some background Human migration could be the most important factor in understanding the development of North America. While it is true that the story of humankind is one of migration, our American story began when people decided to risk their … Continue reading