The years in between the two revolutions we're marked by fighting between Catholics and protestants to determine the nation's recognized religion
B George F.Kennan. You're welcome!
Both the republic and state granted lands for military service in the form of bounty and donation grants.
"By an act of 1879 certificates for an additional 640 acres were granted under stringent restrictions to indigent veterans of the Texas Revolution. Bounty and donation grants for military service amounted to a total of 3,149,234 acres."
Basically, as a reward or an incentive for their service in multiple battles.
Theodore Judah was the person who convinced the railroad officials that it was possible to build a railroad line across line across the Sierra Nevada Mountains.He is also considered as the "Father of first Transcontinental Railroads.Judah had many opportunities that the people prior to him did not have.