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The Anglo colonists, as the name implies, were people from the United States who were mostly of British descent. They can be divided in two groups: those who came from the neighboring Louisiana, and expanded the slave plantations in Eastern Texas, and those who came from Appalachia, and founded small farms in Central Texas.
The Tejanos were the original colonists of Spanish descent, who came from other parts of Mexico. They spoke Spanish, were catholic, and had ties to Latin America. However, they were also part of the independece movement in Texas, but many of them opposed the annexation of the state to the United States (this was supported en masse by the Anglos for obvious reasons).
You could say life became easier, people no longer had to move from place to place. They could also spend time on hobbies instead of always growing food. They began to settle down in villages to a safer easier life.
Laissez faire- government didn't regulate business nearly enough. Businesses could monopolize and jack up their prices. lack of government involvement is hurting america.
not too sure about business consolidates
big businesses becoming powerful- big business could swamp small businesses and raise their prices really high, but there would be no small businesses left for people to spend their money on a cheaper alternative
the devastation it experienced in World War II.
