Seeds Of Empire/ Test Three/ Chloe
Story W.
Cotton was, in fact, the............. reason for the first ..... ....... in Texas
Cowboys.... oil derricks
The creation myth of Anglo-American Texas has long centered on what man
In the 1820's, SFA and his colonist settled near what river
Brazos river
In the 1820's, Texas was a province that belonged to what country
Who is the Author of SEEDS OF EMPIRE: COTTON, SLAVERY, AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE TEXAS BORDERLANDS, 1800-1850
Andrew J. Torget
SEEDS OF EMPIRE is a deeply...... and artfully......... history.
researched written
SFA and these early settlers came to Texas to do what?
Grow cotton
The settlers of Texas, DT states, was more than anything a "_______ of the endless search by Americans for the best ____ _____ along North Americas rich Gulf Coast"
cotton land
Cotton, a money crop, was cultivated and picked by whom
In the years before the arrival of SFA and his settlers, what had wiped out many Spanish settlements in Texas
Indian attacks
According to a 1819 American newspaper editor,"Texas is undoubtedly a ........ and........ tract of country, but savage warfare has lest almost literally a ...... and ........ desert."
noiseless
What two tribes were the most bellicose, warlike
Comanche and Apache
The eastern half of Texas offered...... soil and a long growing season as well as....... rivers suitable for........ products.
Thus, Texas was a ........ spot for ....... farmers
When they road into Texas, SFA and his settlers brought whom with them
Thus, Dr. Torget contends, Texas(which belonged to Mexico at that time) became a Mexican version of what Southern state
Though some history books choose not to emphasize it, ............... played a key role in the settlement and formation of texas.
SFA said, "The primary product that will elevate us from ........ is ...... and we cannot do this without the help of ........"
Dr. Torget sleeps where
UNT San Antonio
The opening of Texas to American immigrants coincided with what
international demand for
By 1835, Texas was producing how many pounds of cotton
3 million pounds
Texas farmers sent their cotton......... and across the Gulf of Mexico to .................
Down River
From New Orleans, most of the Texan grown cotton was sent to what country
britian
In Great Britian, hundreds of....... spun it into ........... the industrialized world needed
Many ........ .......... merchants and brokers got rich of ......... cotton
In return, these businessmen helped fund what?
1836 Texas revolution
In part, the 1836 Texas Revolution against Mexico was fueled by what
Mexican government opposition to slavery
Texans won the War against Mexico, thus securing the existence of slavery in Texas. The New Republic of Texas was constructed explicitly on the foundation of what?
According to Dr. Torget, The new Texas Republic "was a dress rehearsal for the creation of the ........ two decades later."
The founding fathers of texas saw their new nation as a refuge for .......... who were beset by abolitionists.
slave holders
The international cotton market......... in 1837, however, leaving the republic ...............
Texas joined the U.S. as a slave state in what year
But, along with the other Southern States, it seceded from the U.S. in what year
In the Civil War(1861-1865), the Southern Confederacy was defeated. The union was saved and ......... decades of enslavement of African Americans in Texas came to an end.
The production of cotton........
Even today which state grows the most cotton
SEEDS OF EMPIRE is a ....... and ...... addition to the library of ....... .......... and is a pleasurable read as well
fine and valuable
Who wrote the review of SEEDS OF EMPIRE
Doug J Swanson
SEEDS OF EMPIRE is published by what well respected university press
University of North Carolina press
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