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The Texas cotton industry in 1859 increased production by seven times compared to 1849, as 58,073 bales increased to 431,645 bales. [22] In the state legislation, two classes of roads were provided in 1848. The first class has a width of 30 feet and a causeway of 15 feet width. The second class has a width of 20 feet and a causeway of 12 feet ...
Texas was subject to Reconstruction after the Civil War was over. Later on, White Democrats gained political dominance and passed laws in the late 19th century creating second-class status for blacks in a Jim Crow system of segregation which included disenfranchising them from voting in 1901 through passage of a poll tax. Black residents were ...
Robertson's son Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson worked translating deeds into the Spanish language for the colony, and received 1,107 acres (4.48 km 2; 1.730 sq mi) in Milam County for his services. [22] [23] Due to the outbreak of the Texas Revolution, the provisional government of Texas shut down all colonial Land Offices in November 1835. [24]
Texas was now a Mexican province rather than a Spanish one. Governor Martinez assured Austin that the new Mexican government would honor the colonization contract. [3] Austin returned to Louisiana to recruit settlers. He offered land at 12 cents per acre, which was 10% of what comparable acreage sold for in the United States.
From 1700 to 1774, the output of the thirteen colonies increased 12-fold, giving the colonies an economy about 30% the size of Britain's at the time of independence. [5]: x-1 Population growth was responsible for over three-quarters of the economic growth of the British American colonies.
The state has yet to return to its pre-pandemic unemployment rate of about 3.5%, even as it leads the country in new jobs created. However, state economic experts say the unemployment rate is an ...
Peters Colony [1] (Peters' Colony) is a name applied to four empresario land grant contracts first by the Republic of Texas and then the State of Texas for settlement in North Texas. The contracts were signed by groups of American and English investors originally headed by William Smalling Peters. [ 2 ]
(The Center Square) – Texas’ major metropolitan areas experienced massive growth in the last few years as one-third of Texas counties reported declines, according to data published by the ...