José Antonio Navarro Research Paper

In 1820 the Spanish who controlled Texas granted Moses Austin, Stephen F Austin’s father, permission to bring a number of American settlers to Texas but he died before he was able to. (http://www.tsl.texas.gov/treasure/giants/austin-1823plan-1.html) So Stephen lead the colonization of Texas. He was a settler and was eager and patient. He learned Spanish and

Sam Houston played a monumental role in sparking the Texas revolution. He believed that independence from Mexico was necessary saying that “war inevitable” and “urging volunteers to come to the aid of their Anglo brethren” (p. 60). Also, Houston’s role as commander-in-chief of the army was very important in winning the war for Texas Independence. After the capture of Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto, many of the soldiers in the Texas Army wanted to execute him on the spot. But because of Sam Houston’s level head, he knew that “his prisoner was the key to removing all Mexicans soldiers from Texas without further bloodshed”, and “Jacinto became his password to Texas heroism forever” (p. 85-87). Furthermore, Houston’s leadership as the president of the Republic of Texas “kept the republic alive until it became a part of his mother country” (p. 198).

Known as “The Father of Texas”, Stephen Fuller Austin or Stephen F. Austin, fulfilled his father's dream of establishing the first Anglo American settlement in the Spanish owned the province of Texas. He accomplished many things in his life, such as winning the Texas freedom, going to law school, and was the president of Texas when it was it’s own country.

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was he a hero or a villain? I would say a villain. He set out to find a city of gold and riches. He soon found out that there wasn’t a city of gold. Instead he found something else. He found new villages and land, also new historical lands.

When President of Mexico, Antonio Lopez Santa Anna, abolished the Constitution of 1824 and turned the government towards centralism; Texians and Tejanos rebel to bring back the Constitution of 1824. However, before they can begin their fight to Goliad and San Antonio, the men need a leader; someone with great fame and popularity in Texas. The man they choose is Stephen F. Austin, who has much renown in the region. Austin has an outstanding knowledge in many areas, whom the people of Texas will always follow. They are always willing to listen to his advice on certain situations and topics. Austin’s history is what makes him the great man that people still believe and love. Today, he is seen as the Father of Texas because his work and dedication lead to its future growth.

Travis was born in 1809, and died in battle defending the fort known as the Alamo against overwhelming Mexican forces in 1836. He was the oldest out of his 11 brothers and sisters. His parents were Mark Stallworth and Jemima Stallworth. Travis officially became a lieutenant colonel in January 1836. On that same year the governor Henry Smith ordered for Travis and 100 reinforcements to arrive at San

Juan Seguin was born on October 27, 1806 in San Antonio. His parents were Juan Jose Maria Erasmo Seguin (who started one of the first schools) and Maria Josefa Becerra. Although he had little formal schooling, he was encouraged by his father to read and write At a young age Juan started to help his mother run his father's post office. This little bit of caring for his mother and father helped turn him into the person everyone knows today. When he was about 12, Juan got his first horse that he named Reina or princess. Three years later at age 15 he went on his first mission. Then at age 17 he was a congressman for 2 years. This gave him the political help that he needed in the future to become the the Mayor of San Antonio.

Even after the defeat of the Mexican army at San Jacinto, Texans faced as uncertain a future as that which they experienced during the revolution. In this context, the myths that were created during this period offered means for understanding certain events of the past and connecting these events to their conceptualization of the world around them. Furthermore, the placing events that describe the beginnings of Texas in narrative form included value judgements that assigned meaning to the occurrences. Over the years, the rhetorical myths about Texas were told and retold until characters and incidents that did not exist in 1836, replace those that did and saturate contemporary conceptualization of the state and its people. It is the shelf-life of Texas mythology that is perhaps the most impressive and confounding characteristic of the state’s cultural identity. The heroic legacy of the Alamo defenders, if not all those who participated in Texas’ revolutionary past, assume a place of reverence in the imagination of modern Texans, and in particular, Anglo-Texans whose uncritical acceptance of the state’s heroic mythology exhibits a resilience of mythic proportion – even when confronted with overwhelming evidence to

The siege, fall and ensuing massacre of nearly two hundred Alamo defenders at the hands of Mexican General, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna y Perez de Lebron’s army of over five thousand was a defining moment in both Texan, and American history. For 13 days against insurmountable odds, a small, but very determined Texan garrison force fended off an equally determined Mexican Army ordered to capture it. I’ll discuss the events and political climate leading up to the siege, key historic figures involved on both sides, the siege itself, along with events immediately following the battle. The iconic phrase, “Remember the Alamo!” would later go on to become a rallying cry at the Battle of San Jacinto.

Ruben Hinojosa is a democrat politician with a liberal ideology, he was born and educated in south Texas. To be more precise, he was born in Edcouch TX in a wealthy family owner of H&H foods, a food processing company. He graduated from the university of Austin and from UTPA with business degrees.

he was born on august 1,1809 he had a short life and accomplished a lot like he got his degree in law and then he moved to texas and then when he was forced to go defend the alamo he did live the first days of the attack but on the last day he died and the alamo had fallen his family had came to virginia in 1627 he got to fight in the probably most known battle in the state of texas and he was one of the first to go he was a brave soldier and did not retreat but he also did not listen to orders the orders given by sam houston were to destroy the alamo and blow it up but he did not listen to his commander he believed that the alamo chod be a great defence to fight off the mexicans he was the oldest of ten kids and when he joined the army he had his uniform specially made to fit him his family moved to a small farm and stayed there until he left for the army he left his wife and kids for texas and later she found him and got a divorce he signed the papers and also took his son and when he left for war he had his son stay with a nice family they had to give him back to his mother. He only got to fight in the alamo in the texas revolution he got to live a medium sized life he died at the age 26 born 1809-1836 death he was buried by a mexican that fought on the texas side and was the only survivor of the massacre he took the letter to sam huston and tried to go back to the alamo but huston wood not let him go back he promised he would go back

Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón was born in Jalapa, Mexico, on February 21, 1794. He enlisted in the Mexican Military at a young age. He jumped through the ranks, eventually achieving the rank of colonel at the ripe age of 26. After switching to Mexico’s side in the Mexican Revolution, he achieved the rank of general, which eventually led to him dominating the president election of 1833. Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón played a major role in the Texas Independence.

My name is Miguel Aguilar and I was born in Los Angeles, California. I have resided in Denver since the age of 5, so I pretty much consider myself a Coloradan. This is my second year at MSU and I am very excited. Some of my hobbies include, reading, hiking, traveling, playing Soccer and going to the movies, as I have an ever-growing passion for cinema. Good luck everyone!

Vasco Nuñez de Balboa was a spanish explorer,governor,and conquistador. Balboa had three other siblings whose names were Álvaro Núñez De Balboa, Gonzalo Núñez De Balboa, Juan Núñez De Balboa. Balboa did get married to María De Peñalosa (M. 1516–1519).He is known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513. Vasco was also the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reach the pacific from the new world.

In 1948 Ernesto De Martino, a now famous italian historian of religions, ethnologist and antropologist wrote a now famous book ("Il mondo magico", meaning 'The magical world') in which he considered the (very large) amount of data ethnologists from the 19th century collected about anomalous, 'magical' events - magical powers in particular. Parapsychology, which at the time was taken much more seriously than today, used to provide a supposedly scientifical demonstration of a range of paranormal abilities in humans, from clairvoyance to telepathy and even materialization. So he considered the results af ethnology and those of parapsychology and said to himself: 'I've always thought magic was obviously unreal but, all taken into account, it appears this is not obvious at all. What should I believe?'. In "Il mondo magico" he gave his answer to this dilemma.