What is the purpose of the governor's Task Force? Who is on it and what contribution can each member make? What procedure are they supposed to follow?

What is the significance of the missions in the San Antonio area? How do they differ from the missions in California? Why?

Why was there so much religious conflict in Texas in the late 1700s and early 1800s? What provision in the Mexican constitution contributed to this problem? How do Jubal and Mattie Quimper exemplify this conflict?

What is anomie? How does this apply to those who settled in Texas? How are Finlay McNab and Zave Campbell examples of this?

Slavery was not dominant in Texas. Why then did Texas vote to secede from the union and fight for the South?

Each of the Task Force members has a family history in Texas. What is the significance...