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(4.11) Economics. The student understands the reasons for exploration and colonization.

The student is expected to:	*Related Handbook of Texas Online* articles:**
A: identify the economic motivations for European exploration and settlement in Texas and the Western Hemisphere; and	Land Grants (extract) Empresario SEARCH TIP: Go to county or community articles for possible information about the background of an area, and why and how communities were established. Mexican Colonization Laws (extract) Law of April 6, 1830 African Americans Czechs English Includes how the English came to Texas, although English empresarios failed to develop communities. French Willow Creek German Sunday Houses Germans German Music Irish Poles Swedes Palm Valley, Tx Swede Hill, Tx Swiss Agriculture Ranching in Spanish Texas Cattle Trailing Ranching Oil and Gas Industry Cotton Ginning Wool and Mohair Industry
B: identify the economic motivations for Anglo-American colonization in Texas.	Anglo-American Colonization Oil and Gas Industry Petrochemical Industry

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