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Promised land : Solms, Castro, and Sam Houston's colonization contracts /
In 1842, Sam Houston, president of the new Texas Republic, wanted four things: peace with Mexico, peace with the native population, financing from Europe, and productive settlers for his vast, new country. He issued colonization contracts in an effort to meet all these objectives, but only two of Pr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
©2009.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Sam Rayburn series on rural life ;
no. 19. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Context
- France meets Texas
- The colonization contracts
- Shifting diplomatic winds
- The nobles and the pilgrims
- France sours, Germany ponders
- Setbacks and preparations
- Solms
- The journey
- Welcome to Texas
- West to San Antonio
- Competition
- Missed connections
- Priorities
- The founders depart
- The tides turn
- The outcome
- Aftermath.