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HOUSTON, SAMUEL (1793–1863). Sam Houston, one of the most illustrious political figures of Texas, was born on March 2, 1793, the fifth child (and fifth son) of Samuel and Elizabeth (Paxton) Houston, on their plantation in sight of Timber Ridge Church, Rockbridge County, Virginia. He was of Scots-Irish ancestry and reared Presbyterian. He acquired rudimentary education during his boyhood by attending a local school for no more than six months. When he was thirteen years old, his father died; some

Dallas is one of the largest and most developed cities in the state of Texas in the United States. Dallas is the 4th largest city in the United States because of its downtown location, and is also the city with the world 's largest airport. Dallas, the largest city after Houston and San Antonio, is also one of the top ten cities in the United States. The city is located in the middle of a desert and is literally revived. Dallas, a Texas state, deserves more attention with its dynamic cityscape, recent

One of the biggest Governor races in Texas history, the race was between Attorney General, Greg Abbot and State Senator, Wendy Davis, Greg Abbot for the Republican Party and Wendy Davis for the Democrat Party. Both candidates have a lot to offer to the state of Texas, and it was a very nasty battle with many campaign segments bringing the opponent down, or trying to at least. Attorney General Greg Abbott will take the win and become the Texas Governor, winning by twenty-one points. His victory against

Intentions for Texas - They say everything is bigger in Texas, and that incorporates the legends who produced the state’s freedom. Texas history would ever be finished without covering Sam Houston, standout amongst the most complex and intriguing characters in American history. Since sources give restricted responses to the subject of why Houston came to Texas, various myths have developed with the end goal to clarify Houston’s journey and his activities in the wake of touching base in Mexican Texas. Most

Introduction In 1836 Texans listed the failure of the Mexican government to provide education as one of their grievances in the Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico (Texas Education Agency). Since the founding of Texas, education has been an extremely important part of the state government. According to Texas Politics Today, Article 7, Section 1 of the Texas Constitution states that a “general diffusion of knowledge being essential to the preservation of the liberties and rights of the

from Spain. He was a Mexican politician and military leader who was President of Mexico eleven times from 1833 to 1855. He was a disastrous president for Mexico, losing first Texas and then much of the current American west to the United States. However, by far he was an important figure of his generation in the Mexican history. He is remembered for two major conflicts, the Battle of the Alamo (1836) during the Texas Revolution, and as a restored Mexican leader during the Mexican-American War (1847)

when the Ku Klux Klan was still prevalent in Texas. He was outwardly exposed to the hatred of black people in the community and was raised to instinctively dislike African Americans. Although the KKK was originally established in Tennessee, it spread all the way to Texas and became a prominent group. In order to maintain their dominance and to thwart the anti-KKK, they extended their power by working to have members in important political posts (Texas State Historical Association). By doing this

also believed that they had a moral duty to civilize its occupants, which included Native Americans, Mexicans, and Spanish speaking Catholics. According to Britannica, the Mexican-American War originated from the United States annexation of Texas in 1845. Texas had been in a border dispute with Mexico at the time of the annexation  therefore, the conflict transferred to the U.S. Mexico claimed that the border ended at the Nueces River, and the United States claimed it ended at the Rio Grande River

discuss the characteristic and opportunity for each of these two cities; thus, give them various suitable solutions for the future plan, which we called blue print, to help the city expansion. History of Houston Houston is the most populous city in Texas, the largest city in the Southern United States and the fourth most populous city in the United States. According to the 2012 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 2.16 million people within a land area of 599.6 square miles. Houston

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