FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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Someone of Spanish heritage who lives in Texas
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Someone who is mixed Spanish and Native American
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Native American from Texas
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White American
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tejanos are descendants of the Spaniards and Mestizos – Spanish, Native American, and other groups – so they are largely a mixed race people. As a group, they are identified as a Hispanic people. Texas history and the Southwest are very intricately linked to the Spanish colonial period.
Detailed explanation-2: -The term Tejano, derived from the Spanish adjective tejano or (feminine) tejana (and written in Spanish with a lower-case t), denotes a Texan of Mexican descent, thus a Mexican Texan or a Texas Mexican.
Detailed explanation-3: -People of Mexican descent who live in Texas, whether native or foreign-born, are generally referred to as “Tejanos” by Spanish speakers. The designation has been used since at least the 1820s.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Spanish settlers in Texas lived in a small part of what they called “New Spain.” In the beginning, Tejanos were the older generations of people in Texas or descendants of these Spanish vecinos. At one point they actually used the word Tejano as a self-designation, or Tejana for women.