The Texas oil industry began with Lyne T. Barret, who struck oil or petroleum, which is a fossil fuel that has decomposed into the ground and has been compressed and heated up for millions and millions of years. in Texas at Spindle Top Hill. In the early years, people used derrick towers that support oil-drilling equipment, which was then put in a refinery that made oil pure and used for trains to travel faster and farther. In 1904, the Spindletop strike marked the beginning of the Texas oil boom. Patillo Higgins, a brick factory owner, believed that there would be oil at Spindletop Hill.
Also, Texas struggled economically after declaring independence from Mexico. Annexation to the United States was seen as an economic advantage to many Texans. They would be able to trade freely with other states within the Union, without paying tariffs if they joined the US. Therefore, boosting the economy of Texas and create jobs. Thus, many
January of 1901 Texas seemed boring for those Texans that were there at the time, But the 20th century was just getting started when one drop of the gooey, black substance that changed Texas in seconds, Oil is its name! January, 1901, on a little hill called Spindletop oil sprouted into a beautiful rose. It made many opportunities in Texas and the US. Oil was used for lots of things like Asphalt (for paving roads), gasoline to fuel cars, trucks,etc. Oil would now be the economic engine for Texas, oil would make a gigantic impact on Texas as a whole.
The Texas oil industry began by Lyne T. Barret who struck oil known as petroleum which is a fossil fuel, fossil fuels are things that have decomposed into the ground that have been compressed and heated up in the ground, and after millions of years, people dig it up with derricks which are towers that support oil drilling equipment and put it in a refinery where crude oil becomes pure and they use it for trains for the Texas railroad to travel faster and farther. In 1904, the Spindletop strike marked the start of the Texas oil industry. Patillo Higgins, a brick factory owner, believed there would be oil at Spinletop Hill. There was an engineer who believed in the Patillo idea and in 1901 Anthony F. Lucas drilled into the hill. In 1904, the
Texas has seen many changes since the first constitution of Coahuila y Tejas was drafted in 1827. During this time Texas was still a part of Mexico, as it sought it's independence from Spain in 1821. The first constitution was built for a unicameral congress which consisted of 12 deputies. Texas was at that time considered a buffer for Mexico against many of the Native American tribes.
Anyone who lives in Texas and anyone who knows how large the state is know that it can be quite overwhelming. It always seems that everything in Texas is bigger than anywhere else. Well there was once a time when Texas wasn’t a state and someone had to discover this piece of land. It all happened on November 6, 1528 when Spanish conquistador Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca wound up shipwrecked on a sandy island off the coast of what today is Texas. He was the very first European to set foot into the future Lone Star state.
The political culture of Texas is a mix of the traditionalistic and individualistic types. The eastern part of Texas was always strongly traditionalistic. Historically, the state experienced a slave-holding period. Thus, at that time, the traditionalistic political culture was based on the plantation system and slave labor. Under this type of political culture the government had a minimal role as the whole power was divided between the hierarchical white elite.
The Teran and Governor Aguayo expeditions and missions in San Antonio were areas where the Indians were taught how to ranch, this brought large amounts of cattle to Texas, which expanded the ranching industry in Texas. This movement brought up the famous phrase “Texas Cowboys”.
Texas was given its toponym from the word “Tejas”, meaning “friends” or “allies”. The place name indicates that a confederacy of multiple Southeastern Native American tribes, called the Caddo Nation, were the first to settle in Texas, since the word “Tejas” derives from the Caddo language. Texas borders Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Texas’s proximity to Louisiana allows access to the Port of South Louisiana, New Orleans, Shreveport and Baton Rouge. The Port of South Louisiana is the 4th biggest volume shipping port in the world and the largest bulk cargo port in the world and the three cities have a thriving film industry.
Cattle drives over? What did Texans turn to? In 1901, a 100 foot oil geyser started to gush out of Spindletop, a small hill full of oil. This impacted Texas and Texans greatly. Many started to start to turn to oil as their business, so they started to make a lot of money.
Companies such as Ti-instrument have been able to dominate the technology market while having their headquarters in Texas due to many economical benefits which include low taxes. We (Texas) have one of the highest number of minorities in our state, including Hispanics, African-Americans, Indians, Persians, and etc. We surely are a state of color, as suggested by Sam Wyly. TExas is known for two major things for the corporations: low taxes, and few regulations, thus the reason so many companies are making the move to Texas.
When oil was first found in Texas it changed things financially for the state, but the social changes it brought with it were just as important. Finding oil in Texas brought in new jobs for Mexican Americans and African Americans, higher divorce rates, new towns, and helped schools. African Americans and Mexican Americans couldn't get jobs on oil rigs, but the oil industry gave them spin off jobs. The spin off jobs were jobs that require no skill for example, carrying luggage, cleaning house, clearing land, and doing laundry. Oil changed the lives of Mexican and African Americans in many ways, for example oil offered a chance to have higher wages and make more money .Oil also helped with the education of African and Mexican Americans,
“Political culture can be thought “If it is not obvious by now that Texans are set in stone and do not like change, especially in things that involve government. “Political culture can be thought of as a nation’s political personality…Political fakes into account the attitudes, valves, and beliefs that people in a society have about the political system, including standard assumptions about the way the government works” There were many influence during the “Old South”. Agricultural is how people made money because they had farms and ranches that they could use. Back then there were mostly rural areas unlike today how there is both rural and urban now. Because of how big the agriculture industry is there was a need for slavery to help with the
Cultural beliefs affect strongly most of the facets of societies. Indeed, institution shape their ideas over the cultural principles of their dominant societies (Tang, 2011, p.148). This research analyzes the cultural beliefs of Texan community echoed on Texas Revolution historical museum websites attains the objective of giving an accessible scene to explain this case study. The San Jacinto Museum of History, the Star of the Republic Museum, the Washington on the Brazos State Historic Site, the Gonzales Memorial Museum, the Fannin Battleground State Historic Site, the Presidio La Bahia and Fannin Memorial, the San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site, the Monument Hill/Kreische Brewery State Historic Sites, the George Ranch Historical Park, and the Alamo
In 1910 many Mexicans were displaced due to the Mexican revolution and flooded Houston. As a result, these Mexicans still have a strong influence in Houston today (2012, November 3). Oil has had a major impact on Houston once it was discovered in Texas in 1901 (2012, November 3). In 1913 twelve oil companies had located themselves in Houston. The most notable company was Humble Oil Company, known today as ExxonMobil.
