In the Space Called "Texas"

For Fri, 9/14
1. Click here to see a 9-map sequence showing key developments of human society in time and in the space that came to be called "Texas." The keyboard shortcut of holding down the Ctrl key and moving the mouse wheel will help you zoom in and out. I had to crop part of the maps to fit them onto the page, so check the textbook if you need a fuller look (See page numbers below). If you think about it, every map in our textbook has to do with the development of human societies in time and in space.
2. Due Friday: Analyze the maps and write 9 statements showing insight into what you see. Three can be obvious, three should be not-so-obvious, and three should be "genius level," as described in class. You may do more for extra credit.
3. Here are the page numbers again, in case you have difficulty downloading the maps. For the two maps not found in the textbook, I am giving you online links to the maps.
RA0 - Physical Geography
p. 81 - Migration Across the Bering Strait
141 - Adam Onis Treaty of 1819 - Shows Texas in the waning days of the Spanish Period
168 - Texas as a Part of Mexico, 1824
272 - The Lone Star Republic
Compromise of 1850 - Click here.
349 - Union and Confederate States
Reconstruction - Click here.
415 - Texas Cattle Trails, c. 1870