MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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An American who moved into the Texas region
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Another name for a Mexican
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Someone born in Texas before 1845 as a citizen of Mexico
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Someone born in Texas after 1845 (the year it became a state)
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Detailed explanation-1: -Who are Tejanos? 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: -Mexican settlers of that era are referred to as Tejanos, and residents of modern Texas are known as Texans.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first generations in Texas and later descendants were called, and called themselves, Spaniards, Mexicans, Tejanos, Texas Mexicans, and, in recent years, Hispanics, Latinos, Mexican Texans, Mexicanos, Mexican Americans, la Raza, Chicanos, and, again, Tejanos.