Spain was responsible for colonizing most of South America in the sixteenth century.
Texas is a rugged state. It is arid and mostly desert with a lot of scrub. The colonists who started living in Texas had to adapt to this harsh living and scrabbled out a living, with a significant business being in cattle, which of course requires a significant amount of labor. In addition, in the early development of Texas, the citizens had to defend their territory of the Mexican population who had settled parts of these lands. Texans are tough because their environment requires that they endure significant hardships to survive.
The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote
Peter I played a crucial role in the dramatic economic and population growth of Russia in the eighteenth century. He made some radical reforms which were not accepted by everyone. He conducting a tax reform by imposing severe taxes on the people. He also did a Church Reform, which reduced the power of religion and church in the public life. He established the "Senate" and the "Ministries", leading to a more centralized administration and an exclusion of the hereditary privileges. He focused on the increase of the industrial production and the advances of technology and engineering. In addition, he increased the empire's trading activities and changed many of the agricultural practices.
