Six flags over Texas

Kiley Sharp Coach Bennett November 23, 2015 George W. Bush: Legacy of his Presidency Texas made way for many great things, frozen margarita machines, chili con carne, corn dogs, Whataburger, and Six Flags, but did you know a truly heroic, patriotic president also came from this fascinating state? George Walker Bush was born to the former president, George Herbert Walker Bush and the former first lady, Barbara Pierce Bush in New Haven, Connecticut, along with some of his brothers and sisters, Jeb

Texans revolted against their Mexican government to seek for independence. This caused the Texas annexation and revolution. In the 1830’s, Texas fought for their independence from Mexico. This sparked the Mexican revolution. There were three main reasons why Texans wanted independence: Mexico outlawed slavery, high taxes, and the Mexicans wanted everyone to join the Catholic Church. One of the major players in Texas was Stephen Austin. He had 300 land grants which he gave to the Texans. After some time

I shivered as the scalding sun was replaced with a dark sky and a cool breeze. The people that had crowded the theme park rides were now absent. Mostly absent anyway. I was at the Six Flags theme park in Texas with my friend Kera and her parents. We had been at the theme park for a majority of the day riding roller coasters. By “we” I mean Kera’s dad Rob and I. I was his roller coaster buddy all day since Kera and her mom Shannon were more interested in shopping. The last roller coaster we wanted

petitioning the government much easier, as 100 voices are louder than 1. Discuss the constitutionality of flag burning. (Present both constitutional arguments from opposing sides, including what the current legal status of this act is.) (CO 3, 4) Currently in the US, burning the flag is legal, as per the Supreme Court Case Texas v Johnson. In their ruling, the Supreme Court stated that burning the flag was an exercise of the first amendment right to freedom of speech, and therefore could not be banned

is a war that was fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865. The war was between the Union consisting of 23 free states and the Confederate comprising of 11 southern states, and 5 border states. The motive behind the Civil War was the concern over the institution of slavery within the eleven Southern states and the steps to expand slavery into the western states. The south infrastructure was based on the production of cotton as its staple for economic development. The picking of cotton by the

“the dirty tar sands oil, the water waste, indigenous populations, refining tar sands oil and don’t forget the inevitable; pipeline spills.” And these are just some of the environmental issues, not too mention how building this thing from Canada to Texas; 2,100 miles to be exact, is affecting the people and their land, as stated “this isn’t a little tiny pipeline,

government have for lying about September 11th 2001? The connection between the Bush’s and Bin Laden’s, the actions of Donald Rumsfeld, misinformation in the official 9/11 report from the U.S. Government, and a history of the United States utilizing false flag operation’s to justify entering a war are some of the reasons Americans questions the official record of September

Annexation of Texas The Annexation of Texas was one of the most debatable events in American history. The question at hand would deeply impact the United States for generations to come. There was on one side a long list of reasons for why to not allow annexation, but there was the same kind of list on the other side for reasons to push forward for annexation. Some of these reasons of both sides were slaves, war, manifest destiny, politics , and constitutional rights. Also the way Texas began in a

Introduction/Background The Mexican American War began on April 25, 1846. The war lasted two years losing many men on both sides. The Mexican war was the third major fought by the United States. In 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla triggers the beginning of Mexico’s fight for independence from Spain. Mexico gained its independence in 1821 after a long and bloody revolution against Spain. For Mexico, the war between them and the United States was a fight to keep their institutions and national integrity

From 1999 to 2011 there have been a 600+ increase in the number of hate groups in America and Montana, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Jersey, and Texas all have over sixteen active hate groups (@splcenter). “According to the FBI Hate Crime Statistics released in November 2009, hate crimes are at their highest rate since 2001,” (RAC). Out of every 2,000 religion based offenses roughly 1,050 of them are aimed