Railroads approved greatly of the state governments' legislation during
the gilded age. For example, one of the biggest pieces of legislation
regarded the rules surround eminent domain. This essentially meant that
anyone was able to get private ownership of any land for as little money
as possible. This meant that the railroads were able to build and
develop on land that they had got either for free, or that they had paid
very little for.
I would want to be alive then because the Texas Revolution was a historic moment for the "Lone Star Republic of Texas." It was when Texas seceded from Mexico, and Mexico seceded from Spain, so it was a revolution within a revolution.
