The Death Of Texas By Jonathan Earle

The History of Texas Texas history itself had its own amazing story. The small number of American settlers moved to the land of Texas had led to the dramatic war with the Mexicans. The land of Texas was used to be owned by Mexicans. Due to the argument between Texans and Mexicans caused the battle of San Jacinto and Mexican War. In long ago before American settlers moved to Texas, this place was so rich and an abundance of land.

Texas political culture is one that can be described as a combination of three main ideas: individualistic, traditionalism and moralism. Considering Texas and its overwhelming 254 counties we can see these main ideas undoubtedly. The 254 counties each have their own general set of ideas, attitudes and beliefs. The whole state of Texas is simply not just considered individualistic, traditionalism, or moralism, it is considered all three. Individualistic, traditionalism and moralism are all strong values that coexist in our society and they all affect how we as the people live our lives. A political culture shapes a region’s politics.

Political culture reflects the political ethics and convictions of people, not only around the United States of America but also all over the world. The people believe that the government is responsible for the type of services (like education, health care, community services, etc.) that they are entitled too; therefore, if the outcome is not good the political system has failed. There are three different political cultures: moral, traditional, and individualist. The State of Texas has a mix from all the cultures; however, traditional and individualist cultures seem to predominate.

This constitution of United Mexican States provided for a very weak national government and the powers of the government and its states are not defined which caused increasing tension between each state.

Daniel Elazar created a political culture classification scheme of moralistic, individualistic, and traditionalistic to describe the political cultures of the states.

The battle for Texas’ independence was a hard battle. Many lives were taken, home destroyed, and families were torn apart. Texas residents wanted to break away from Mexico and become a self-governing republic inside of Mexico because they did not like Santa Anna’s laws. Mexico did not allow slave immigration, so Texas wanted to be a part of the United States that allowed slavery. But the main reason was that Mexico would not change or consider any government ideas that the Anglos and Mexicans had for Texas, and resulted in Santa Anna ruling and making all the laws and decisions. Santa Anna also overthrew the Mexican government and made himself the Mexican dictator. Stephen Austin came to try and settle the trouble caused by the suggestion of Texas’ constitution, but instead Santa Anna imprisoned him for a year.

Sleuthing the Alamo is a historic book that breaks some myths about the Texas Revolutions and brings forth the truth which is the purpose of the book. The author notes that some reports and accounts of the Texas Revolution have been more in the spotlight than others and so some of the other accounts haven’t been paid as much attention to even though they are also valid. The author, James E. Crisp is a history professor at North Carolina State University and according to the NC State University Department of History website, his book Sleuthing the Alamo, was the winner of the T. R. Fehrenbach Book Award for 2005 from the Texas Historical Commission. Dr. James E. Crisp got his BA in History from Rice University, M. Phil. in History

"Soon the 4-inch drill pipe…shot skyward. After the mud, water, and pipe were blown out, gas followed, but only for a short time. Then the well was very quiet. We ventured back, after our wild scramble for safety, to find things in a terrible mess...We started shoveling the mud away-when, without warning, a lot of heavy mud shot out of the well with the report of a cannon…In a very short time oil was going up through the top of the derricks, and rocks were being shot hundreds of feet into the air. Within a very few minutes, the oil was holding a steady flow at more than twice the height of the derrick…”

The book, Beyond the Alamo: Forging Mexican Ethnicity in San Antonio, was written by Raul A. Ramos. It was well written and backed up with good research. As I read the book, I realized how history doesn’t have a definitive conclusion; it’s an infinite series of events that have shaped us to where we are today. The book showed how certain factors contributed to the tension between the Tejanos and other groups, which led to certain outcomes. I believe the author did a great job in writing this book with the Tejano perspective of the Anglo intrusion because it well illustrated those who gave up their lives in defense of freedom against an oppressor.

From March 2, 1836 to February 19, 1846, Texas as its own independent country in North America. Those who resided in this independent country were referred to as Texians. Texas declared its independence from Mexico in 1836 during the Texas revolution which ended on April 21 of that same exact year. However, Mexico did not want to give the Republic of Texas its independence which resulted in conflicts between that of Texas and Mexico that went on into the 1840s. As a result, The United States of America recognized the Republic of Texas as an independent country in 1837 but failed to append their land. Later receiving its independence, Texas elected a Congress of fourteen senators and twenty-nine representatives in the month of September and year of 1836. However, within the Republic, citizenship was not a privileged for everybody living in Texas. Not everybody had legal rights to reside within the limits of the Republic without Congress permission. The Constitution of the Republic of Texas created differences for each and every ethnicity for each individual person. Meaning, whoever was there on the day the Republic of Texas won their independence had to be classified as a citizen of the Republic including Africans, those with African descent, and Native Americans. For Caucasian immigrants to become citizens they would have to had lived in the Republic for six months or less and take an oath. Those who were brought to Texas as a slave had to stay a

The Mexican War of 1846-1848 was one of major importance to U.S. history, but has since fallen into annals of obscurity. It was the nation’s first war fought on foreign soil: a war that advocated the concept of “manifest destiny”, the United States God-given right to claim territory for the establishment of a free democratic society (Stevenson 2009). Even though many historians claim the war was forced on Mexico by slaveholders greedy for new territory, President John Polk viewed the war as an opportunity to defend the annexation of Texas, establish the Rio Grande as its border, and to acquire the Mexican territories of California and New Mexico (Stevenson 2009).

Jon Wayne Nobles couldn't rehabilitate cause he didn't want to. Jon Wayne Nobles Simple learned how to get certain privileges while he was in prison. Jon Wayne became very manipulative while he was on death row. Jon Wayne Nobles always wanted to be respected, Jon Wayne Nobles tried his whole life to gain respect from others and never got it until he joined the community watch team and later in prison when he became a Catholic priest. Jon Wayne Nobles Figured out ways to gain respect and gain other privileges by manipulating the guards and prisoners. Jon Wayne became a priest so he could freely roam and talk to other inmates and guards. Jon Wayne never wanted to rehabilitate he simply wanted to basically get his way and be able to do what he wanted and push his privileges to the maximum limits. Jon Wayne Nobles was so manipulative he was even involved in a baptism. Jon Wayne Nobles had it good for being in prison. Jon Wayne Nobles was smart enough to do certain things and act a certain way to get what he wanted, He tried to avoid death by lethal injection by asking for alternatives such as donating his organs to the state of Texas. Jon Wayne Nobles did everything in his power to avoid doing certain things while he was in prison. He even did what was ever in his power to have some respect and power when he was outside of prison by joining the watch team in his community. Jon Wayne Nobles couldn't rehabilitate cause he never wanted to he simply wanted to make the best of his time while he was in prison before he died. Jon Wayne Nobles was smart enough to figure how to get certain luxuries while he was on Death

Texas has a reputation throughout history of differing views from the federal government in laws and politics pertaining to social, fiscal, and educational issues. On the whole, Texas operates as a largely conservative state. Because of this, policy-making is often right wing. With the institution of a Democratic, liberal president, the State’s dissent from the Federal government has only increased over certain issues. One hot topic of the 2012 Presidential election was immigration. With the major increase in immigration, it is no surprise that the issue was so emphasized. Between 2000 and 2011 there was a 30 percent

Texas Revolution, a rebellion in late 1835 and early 1836 by residents of Texas, then a part of northern Mexico, against the Mexican government and military. The rebellion led to the establishment of the independent Republic of Texas. The short-lived republic was annexed by the United States as a state in 1845. These events were among the causes of the Mexican War between the United States and Mexico, after which Mexico relinquished all claims to Texas and much of the present-day southwestern United States.

“A Death in Texas” by Steve Earl Jonathan Wayne Nobles, was the man on death row, and who was not truly rehabilitated. Nobles was convicted of a horrendous crime, he broke into a Texas home which he then allegedly, and repeatedly stabbed two women to death, and then went on to stab the boyfriend of one of the women. It was said by Steve Earl he was an “escalating serial killer who just happened to get caught his first time.” After reading that it comes to mind this would not have been his first crime. Nobles did have a struggling past, but the past reflects a person.