Gregg Cantrell successfully depicts Stephen F. Austin as a go between both American and Mexican Cultures. Cantrell accomplishes this by justifying any negative criticism made towards Austin’s actions against Mexicans through the letters he wrote his brother, Brown Austin. When waging the war against Mexico, misinterpretations were held as he maintained an American attitude when spoken of Catholicism which “confirmed his ethnocentrism.” The reality was that he did not like Catholicism, but he had his reasons. Austin insisted in going such lengths of not just learning, but becoming fluent in Spanish as he valued the communication with Mexicans and respected their culture.
As far as inconsistencies, the way this book was wrote, they are expected based on whether the research was done from the Texans, Mexicans, or the observer standpoint. It also seems difficult to separate the myth from the truth at times. The primary sources used are found in the Texas State Library in Austin, Benson Latin American Collection and the Baker Center for American History at the University of Texas in Austin, the DRT Library in San Antonio and many more.
Have you ever wondered if Antonio López de Santa Anna was really the bad guy in the Alamo story? I have done a lot of research on Santa Anna and I think you will figure out a lot more interesting facts about Santa Anna that most people do not know right off the top of their head. Did you know that he was the president of Mexico 11 times? Or how about do you even know the story of the Alamo? Well, if you don’t then don”t worry ,just read this paper and by the end you will know more about the Mexican president Antonio López de Santa Anna than the average Texan.
On Thursday afternoon, Ryan Howard signed a minor-league contract with the maligned Atlanta Braves in an attempt to have at least one more season in the major leagues. Howard will report for extended Spring Training next week, before he joins the Braves Triple-A affiliate Gwinnett Braves. Something about Ryan Howard and the Atlanta Braves placed in the same sentence just does not sound right. It is a sad state of affairs when the freight train of time comes around to remind us that 2008 was almost a decade ago, and even a sadder state of affairs when one of that team’s brightest stars’ better days are behind him.
Among all the bandits, heroes, and anti-heroes in Mexican American history, there is no one as famous and iconic as Pancho Villa. México had suffered a lot of invasions in the Méxican American war and at other times, but no one but Villa ever attempted to invade American land; and not only that, but to succeed in the trial. Villa’s reasons to invade the United States were related specially to his repudiation of President Woodrow Wilson’s support and acknowledgement of Venustiano Carranza’s position in México. Villa’s attempt to invade the U.S. has been considered the effect of a delusional mind and it was only around the mid-20th century that new evidence has been found related to the real reasons he had to do it. Villa had been informed of the plans of Venustiano Carranza to sign a treaty that would transform México into a protectorate of the United States (Katz,
“The annexation of Texas to the US was inadmissible for both legal and security reasons. Thus, when the Mexican
(Marquez 327) This direct quote shows that Mexico is angry that the U.S. is taking more land. In the daily El Tiempo stated that the American government came as a traveler and then acted like a robber (Marquez 327). This information shows that that the American government came and stole from Mexico. The annexation of Texas was inadmissable and unofficial.
“No other city north of the border and only one city south of the border was home to more Mexicans” (Lytle Hernández, 2017: Kindle Location 2900-2901). Dr. Lytle Hernández allows us to see through her historical lens as she builds up the city of Los Angeles, allowing me to realise the severity of the racism, disposition, oppression, and unrecognition Latina/os have had to endure in US society by correlating it to the large dark history of incarceration Los Angeles has had throughout the years. Latina/os will never fit the Anglo American view for the “Aryan City of the Sun” and would rather pass laws in order to incriminate and disposition them, not allowing them to fully settle in Los Angeles. By the 1880s many people started to settle west, in search of constructing the perfect city with Anglo-American ideals, something that Latina/os could never be a part of. As an Anglo-American preacher named Bob Shuler once stated on his radio program, “Los Angeles is the last purely Anglo-Saxon city . . .
Thirdly, a second reason the Mexican War was not justified because US soldiers were in a disputed area. According to Jesus Velasco Marquez from “A Mexican Viewpoint on the War With the United States,” he states that “From Mexico’s point of view, the annexation of Texas to the United States was inadmissible for both legal and security reasons.” As well as, “The American government acted like a bandit who came upon a
According to President James Polk, “Mexico had passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil.” (Document B) Clearly, this document shows that an affair with the Mexicans inside the border of America caused Americans to become injured and killed. According to Jesus Velasco-Marquez, “Thus occupying the territory in dispute and increasing the possibilities of a confrontation… In the eyes of the [Mexican] government, the mobilization of the US army was an outright attack on Mexico…” (Document C)
The Mexican government believed they still owned Texas, so they treated Texas ' citizens like Mexicans, so America came in to protect the rights of the Anglos. " Texas is now ours...." (Doc. A) "Texas had determined... to annex herself to Our Union; and under these circumstances, it was plainly our duty to extend our protection over her citizens and soil." (Doc. B) Texas belonged to the US, therefore it was only right that the United States defend them.
The government appealed the court of appeals decision to bring to the Supreme Court where it is now. I stand with full belief, and the majority opinion of the Supreme Court that Abel Fields’ conviction be overturned. His First Amendment rights had been violated. Even though he was
The Chicano Movement emerged as a response to the systemic racism and oppression by white America against latino and Mexican Americans during the twentieth century. However, to understand the movement, one must analyze the gross inequities and mistreatment that Latino Americans faced during this time in America--some of which still resonate today. These issues include a lack of rights, protections, and appreciation for migrant farm workers; segregation and discrimination in education; and the unfair treatment they faced in general in American society (Muñoz). The preponderance of such systemic oppression leads to the notion that the essence of the movement was rooted in the conflict theory. Through the conflict theory, the ideological roots of the movement can be understood.
The empresarios disliked the law, such as Stephen F. Austin. While Stephen F. Austin tried to encourage people to obey the law, he was concerned about the Mexican government was treating their
As stated before, the US was justified in going to war with Mexico because of three reasons, Americans were killed, Texas was already annexed, and Manifest Destiny allows it. The United states had many superb reasons for going to war with Mexico. This essay is significant because it helps explain the United States’ choice to go to war with
