Texians

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Not to be confused with
Texan
.
"Texican" redirects here. For the 1966 film, see The Texican.

Texians were Anglo-American residents of Mexican Texas and, later, the Republic of Texas. Today, the term is used to identify early Anglo settlers of Texas, especially those who supported the Texas Revolution. Mexican settlers of that era are referred to as Tejanos, and residents of modern Texas are known as Texans.

History

Colonial settlement

Many different settler groups came to Texas over the centuries. Spanish colonists in the 17th century linked Texas to the rest of New Spain. French and English traders and settlers arrived in the 18th century, and more numerous

Scots-Irish, and Welsh settled in the years leading up to Texas independence in 1836. Before Texas became a sovereign state in 1836, Texian referred to any resident, of any race, color or language.[1]

In 1834–1836, the

Tejano volunteers,[3]: 24  volunteers from the Southern United States; and immigrants directly from Europe including countries like England, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Portugal, and what is now the Czech Republic.[4]
Used in this sense, terms like "Texian Army", "Texian forces", or "Texian troops" would refer to any of the inhabitants of Texas, in that era, who participated in the Texas Revolution.

Republic of Texas

Texian was a popular

Mirabeau Lamar frequently used it to foster Texas nationalism.[5]

Over time, the English-speaking Americans in Texas began to champion the usage of "Texan" instead of "Texian". Overwhelming numbers in the United States used the term Texan. Due to the 19th-century influx of Americans into the Republic and later U.S. state of Texas, Texan[6] became the standard term after 1850.[5]

The Texas Almanac of 1857 bemoaned the shift in usage, saying

"Texian...has more

euphony, and is better adapted to the conscience of poets who shall hereafter celebrate our deeds in sonorous strains than the harsh, abrupt, ungainly, appellation, Texan—impossible to rhyme with anything but the merest doggerel."[7]
: 176 

The Almanac continued to use the earlier term until 1868. Many who had lived through the times of Revolution and Republic continued to call themselves Texians into the 20th century.

Armed forces

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Texian Web – Texas History on the Internet". www.tamu.edu.
  2. ^ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Anglo_American_Colonization_of_Texas/EU1gDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Texians+anglo-american+colonial+period&printsec=frontcover
  3. ISBN 0-938349-68-6
  4. ISBN 978-1-57168-152-2
  5. ^
    ISBN 0-87611-151-7
    . Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  6. ISBN 0-87611-151-7
    . Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  7. OCLC 17157372
    .

External links
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