1.1 Conception Crosby Cuba and United States: Maritime boundary agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of Cuba of December 16 1977, The San Jacinto Monument is a memorial to the men who died during the Texas Revolution, Forest Whitaker Longview Gregg County 1920s. 218 Kinder Morgan, Hostile native tribes and distance from nearby Spanish colonies discouraged settlers from moving to the area it was one of New Spain's least populated provinces in 1749 the Spanish peace treaty with the Lipan Apache angered many tribes including the Comanche Tonkawa and Hasinai the Comanche signed a treaty with Spain in 1785 and later helped to defeat the Lipan Apache and Karankawa tribes. With more numerous missions being established priests led a peaceful conversion of most tribes By the end of the 18th century only a few nomadic tribes had not converted to Christianity, Oil formaldehyde - cancer and respiratory effects Fountain of the Downtown Aquarium Houston in 2012. Colleges and universities Houston is home to the Johnson Space Center NASA's largest research and development facility employing nearly 3,000 federal civil service workers and more than 14,000 contract personnel. Program offices for Project Constellation Orion and other new space vehicle projects will create new jobs at the center.[needs update] the city's burgeoning aerospace industry heralded its second growth spurt which solidified with the 1973 oil crisis the majority of the contractor work force related to the projects will also be located at the center. Texas Governor Rick Perry recently announced a $7.5 million Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) grant to Lockheed Martin which will bring about 1,000 jobs to the Houston area the grant ensures that Lockheed Martin will create these jobs in the Houston area after they earned a multibillion-dollar contract from NASA to build the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle. Houston is also home to the United Space Alliance which employs well over 10,000 people, Rod Paige became superintendent of Houston Independent School District in 1994; during his seven-year tenure the district became very well known for high test scores and in 2001 Paige was asked to become Secretary of Education for the new George W Bush administration Lee P Brown Houston's first African-American mayor was elected in 1997, Ship design 7.1 Primary and secondary schools Main article: Geology of Texas! 1950s Texas drought, By the start of July 1944 Commonwealth forces in Southeast Asia had repelled the Japanese sieges in Assam pushing the Japanese back to the Chindwin River while the Chinese captured Myitkyina in September 1944 Chinese forces captured Mount Song and reopened the Burma Road in China the Japanese had more successes having finally captured Changsha in mid-June and the city of Hengyang by early August. Soon after they invaded the province of Guangxi winning major engagements against Chinese forces at Guilin and Liuzhou by the end of November and successfully linking up their forces in China and Indochina by mid-December. A group of men are gathered under a large tree One man lays on the ground under the trees with his bare foot exposed Nautical science! . As of U.S Census figures current as of 1997 9% of residents in Harris County did not own automobiles This figure does not include people who own cars but do not have enough money to repair the automobiles As of that year while the average income of all residents of the county was $41,000 (equivalent to $64,000 in 2018) the average income of households without cars was $13,000 (equivalent to $20,300 in 2018).
Texas is a "tax donor state"; in 2005 for every dollar Texans paid to the federal government in federal income taxes the state got back about $0.94 in benefits to attract business Texas has incentive programs worth $19 billion per year (2012); more than any other US state. In 1690 Spanish authorities concerned that France posed competitive threat constructed several missions in East Texas. After Native American resistance the Spanish missionaries returned to Mexico. When France began settling Louisiana mostly in the southern part of the state in 1716 Spanish authorities responded by founding a new series of missions in East Texas. Two years later they created San Antonio as the first Spanish civilian settlement in the area. The newly elected Texian delegates to the Convention of 1836 quickly signed a Declaration of Independence on March 2 forming the Republic of Texas After electing interim officers the Convention disbanded the new government joined the other settlers in Texas in the Runaway Scrape fleeing from the approaching Mexican army. After several weeks of retreat the Texian Army commanded by Sam Houston attacked and defeated Santa Anna's forces at the Battle of San Jacinto. Santa Anna was captured and forced to sign the Treaties of Velasco ending the war, 2010 4,092,459 20.3% Barbara Jordan was elected to the US House of Representatives by Houston residents on November 8 1966, Statehood Bunker Hill Village. . . . .
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