What happend to the Texas settlers when Santa Anna gained power? well the Santa Anna army marched into the almo on march 6th and 1836 and the Almo fell after 13 days seige
There was a series of laws and amendments passed to give them their rights, and example would be:
The right to vote
The destruction of man being enslaved do to color of skin
Etc.
But of course this stuff kept going until the late 1800`s, but finally died down
Maybe, depends on the law.
The origin of the cowboy tradition come from Spain,begining with the hacienda system of mediaeval Spain . This style of cattle ranching spread throughout much of the Iberian peninsula and later was imported to America