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. . . Throughout the 15th century Portuguese explorers sailed the coast of Africa establishing trading posts for tradable commodities such as firearms spices silver gold and slaves crossing Africa and India in 1434 the first consignment of slaves was brought to Lisbon; slave trading was the most profitable branch of Portuguese commerce until the Indian subcontinent was reached. .

. On June 1 1836 Santa Anna boarded a ship to travel back to Mexico For the next two days crowds of Texian soldiers many of whom had arrived that week from the United States gathered to demand his execution Lamar by now promoted to Secretary of War gave a speech insisting that "Mobs must not intimidate the government We want no French Revolution in Texas!" but on June 4 soldiers seized Santa Anna and put him under military arrest. According to Lack "the shock of having its foreign policy overturned by popular rebellion had weakened the interim government irrevocably" a group of soldiers staged an unsuccessful coup in mid-July in response Burnet called for elections to ratify the constitution and elect a Congress the sixth set of leaders for Texas in a twelve-month period. Voters overwhelmingly chose Houston the first president ratified the constitution drawn up by the Convention of 1836 and approved a resolution to request annexation to the United States. Houston issued an executive order sending Santa Anna to Washington D.C and from there he was soon sent home. Foreign relations Houston Texas Business Directory; The Texas First Court of Appeals and the Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals since September 3 2010 are located in the 1910 Harris County courthouse. Previously they were located on the campus of the South Texas College of Law. In the 16th century perhaps 240,000 Europeans entered American ports. By the late 16th century gold and silver imports from America provided one-fifth of Spain's total budget. . 1.4 Spring The Lyric Centre sits in the heart of the Theater District just across the street from the Wortham Center and adjacent to the Alley Theatre the black-and-white striped office building houses dozens of law firms but the block on which the tower sits is perhaps best known for the giant cellist playing outside. It is the work of sculptor David Addickes who also created the statue of Sam Houston outside Huntsville Texas.