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Texians were Anglo-American
Anglo-America

Anglo-America is a region in the Americas in which English culture dominates, with English language as the main language, and Protestantism as the predominant religion....
 residents of Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
 when Texas was part of Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
, and subsequently when it was a sovereign nation
Republic of Texas

The Republic of Texas was a sovereignty nation in North America between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to 1846.Formed as a break-away republic from Mexico by the Texas Revolution, the nation claimed borders that encompassed an area that included all of the present U.S....
.

History
Texian was the preferred demonym
Demonym

A demonym, also referred to as a gentilic, is a name for a resident of a locality which is derived from the name of the particular locality....
 for the Anglo-American people of Texas before it became a US state. It did not include the Spanish-Mexican Tejano
Tejano

Tejano is a term used to identify a Texas of Hispanic and/or Latin-American descent....
s of Texas, nor the Native Americans
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
. This term was strongly favored by the Anglo-Americans of Texas, and President Mirabeau Lamar frequently used it to foster Texas nationalism.






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Texians were Anglo-American
Anglo-America

Anglo-America is a region in the Americas in which English culture dominates, with English language as the main language, and Protestantism as the predominant religion....
 residents of Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
 when Texas was part of Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
, and subsequently when it was a sovereign nation
Republic of Texas

The Republic of Texas was a sovereignty nation in North America between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to 1846.Formed as a break-away republic from Mexico by the Texas Revolution, the nation claimed borders that encompassed an area that included all of the present U.S....
.

History


Texian was the preferred demonym
Demonym

A demonym, also referred to as a gentilic, is a name for a resident of a locality which is derived from the name of the particular locality....
 for the Anglo-American people of Texas before it became a US state. It did not include the Spanish-Mexican Tejano
Tejano

Tejano is a term used to identify a Texas of Hispanic and/or Latin-American descent....
s of Texas, nor the Native Americans
Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
. This term was strongly favored by the Anglo-Americans of Texas, and President Mirabeau Lamar frequently used it to foster Texas nationalism. However, other Americans instead used the term Texan
Texan

Texan normally refers to someone who originated from, or who lives in, the state of Texas in the United States of America.Texan may also refer to:...
, and due to heavy immigration from the United States, Texan became the standard term after 1850. 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." The Almanac continued to use the earlier term until 1868. Indeed, many who had lived through the times of Revolution and Republic continued to call themselves Texians until well after the Civil War.

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See also

  • Tejano
    Tejano

    Tejano is a term used to identify a Texas of Hispanic and/or Latin-American descent....
    , the Hispanic-American citizens of the state and the Republic.
  • Mexican Texas
    Mexican Texas

    Mexican Texas is the given name by Texas history of Texas scholars to the period between 1821 and 1836, when Texas was governed by Mexico. The period began with Mexico's victory over Spain in its Mexican War of Independence in 1821....
  • Republic of Texas
    Republic of Texas

    The Republic of Texas was a sovereignty nation in North America between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to 1846.Formed as a break-away republic from Mexico by the Texas Revolution, the nation claimed borders that encompassed an area that included all of the present U.S....


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