The First
The first Texans were immigrants of Asiatic origin who followed game into the area perhaps 40,000 years ago. Evidence was uncovered by workmen building a dam in north Texas.
In 1528, the first Texas Indians to come in contact with Europeans were the Karankawas. Other Indian groups found in Texas were the Caddos, Coahuiltecans, Lipan Apaches, Tiguas, Tonkawas, among others. Later groups included the Alabama and Coushattas, Cherokees, Comanches, Kiowa-Apaches, Kiowas, and the Wichitas. The struggle between the Indians and the Anglos began in the 1820's.
C. Government owns the factories and takes all the profits
True, the fertile soil of the Tigris and Euphrates Valley was a resource that drew people to this area. In addition the plenty supply of water allowed for easy access to water and irrigation.
Abraham Lincoln believed that slavery was bad completely and wanted to abolish it. When his election prompted the secession and the war started he made the emancipation proclamation which effectively free all slaves on the rebel territories and then later he was the creator of the 13th amendment which permanently outlawed slavery in all American territories.
Stephen Douglass believed that democracy should be the biggest way to solve the slavery issue. He wasn’t against slavery nor for it on a federal level, what he wanted was for the states to decide democratically through popular sovereignty and that the federal government would not interfere with their elections.
