The ship that truly launched the first phase of the discoveries along the African coast was the Portuguese caravel Iberians quickly adopted it for their merchant navy it was a development based on African fishing boats They were agile and easier to navigate with a tonnage of 50 to 160 tons and one to three masts with lateen triangular sails allowing luffing the caravel particularly benefited from a greater capacity to tack the limited capacity for cargo and crew were their main drawbacks but have not hindered its success Limited crew and cargo space was acceptable initially because as exploratory ships their "cargo" was what was in the explorer's discoveries about a new territory which only took up the space of one person. Among the famous caravels are Berrio and Caravela Annunciation Columbus also used them in his travels, Notes District 9 Al Green Democratic 2004 Alief Southwest Houston Houston's Southside, The Sharpstown scandal which concerned government bribes involving real estate developer Frank Sharp (neighborhood of Sharpstown is named after him) occurred in 1970 and 1971. Advances were made in nearly every aspect of naval warfare most notably with aircraft carriers and submarines Although aeronautical warfare had relatively little success at the start of the war actions at Taranto Pearl Harbor and the Coral Sea established the carrier as the dominant capital ship in place of the battleship in the Atlantic escort carriers proved to be a vital part of Allied convoys increasing the effective protection radius and helping to close the Mid-Atlantic gap. Carriers were also more economical than battleships because of the relatively low cost of aircraft and their not requiring to be as heavily armoured. Submarines which had proved to be an effective weapon during the First World War were anticipated by all sides to be important in the second the British focused development on anti-submarine weaponry and tactics such as sonar and convoys while Germany focused on improving its offensive capability with designs such as the Type VII submarine and wolfpack tactics. Gradually improving Allied technologies such as the Leigh light hedgehog squid and homing torpedoes proved victorious over the German submarines.[citation needed]. Thousands of enslaved African-Americans lived near the city before the Civil War Many of them near the city worked on sugar and cotton plantations while most of those in the city limits had domestic and artisan jobs in 1860 forty-nine percent of the city's population was enslaved Frost Town a nearby settlement south of the Buffalo Bayou was swallowed by Houston.[citation needed], Houston had 303 homicides in 2015 and 302 homicides in 2016 Officials predicted there would be 323 homicides in 2016 Instead there was no increase in Houston's homicide rate between 2015 and 2016.[discuss]! . Political history 1990 16,986,510 19.4% Houston Texas Business Directory 11.2 Transit On May 30 1922 George Hermann a millionaire donated land to the city that later became the Hermann Park September of the same year saw the start of the Houston Zoo the zoo was started when Houston schoolchildren bought two ostriches the zoo was later moved from Sam Houston Park to Hermann Park September 26 saw the first international-bound ship in the port During the Roaring Twenties more specifically 1927 the state highway to Houston was built Bus and truck operations also fell into swing Houston Junior College opened its doors that same year which later became the University of Houston August 1929 saw the entry of the first Sears into Houston Then Black Tuesday threw a devastating blow to the economy of the entire United States Houston's growth was much smaller but the city still grew Mexican Americans no longer found it as easy to obtain jobs yet several were successful by catering to the Anglo market in the city. 12 Sister cities Mestre Jacome was a Majorcan cartographer induced by Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator to move to Portugal in the 1420s to train Portuguese map-makers in Majorcan-style cartography. 'Jacome of Majorca' is even sometimes described as the head of Henry's observatory and "school" at Sagres; American Indian: 0.7 percent Surface water December 7 2017: 0.7 inches (2 cm) of snow Notwithstanding the concentration of elite medical centers in the state the Commonwealth Fund ranks the Texas healthcare system the third worst in the nation. Texas ranks close to last in access to healthcare quality of care avoidable hospital spending and equity among various groups. Causes of the state's poor rankings include politics a high poverty rate and the highest rate of illegal immigration in the nation in May 2006 Texas initiated the program "code red" in response to the report the state had 25.1 percent of the population without health insurance the largest proportion in the nation. Research shows that adolescents who see alcohol use in advertisements television shows and movies are more likely to start drinking alcohol at a younger age Drinking at a young age is correlated with long-term alcohol abuse!
Vte Houston received the official nickname of "Space City" in 1967 because it is the location of NASA's Lyndon B Johnson Space Center Other nicknames often used by locals include "Bayou City" "Clutch City" "Crush City" "Magnolia City" "H-Town" and "Culinary Capital of the South".[citation needed], On 3 September 1943 the Western Allies invaded the Italian mainland following Italy's armistice with the Allies. Germany with the help of fascists responded by disarming Italian forces that were in many places without superior orders seizing military control of Italian areas and creating a series of defensive lines. German special forces then rescued Mussolini who then soon established a new client state in German-occupied Italy named the Italian Social Republic causing an Italian civil war the Western Allies fought through several lines until reaching the main German defensive line in mid-November, The River Oaks Theatre was built in 1939 It is among only a handful of currently viable retail buildings of its age and historic style in Houston it was the last of the deluxe neighborhood movie theaters built by Interstate Theatre Corporation and the only one of its kind still operating as a movie theater. Sheldon State government County governments serve as agents of the state with responsibilities defined in the Texas Constitution Counties are governed by the commissioners' court Each Texas county has four precinct commissioners and a county judge Although this body is called a court it conducts the general business of the county and oversees financial matters the commissioners court may hire personnel to run major departments such as health and human services, Ruins of the Benedictine monastery during the Battle of Monte Cassino Italian Campaign May 1944. The Consultation finally convened on November 3 in San Felipe with 58 of the 98 elected delegates. After days of bitter debate the delegates voted to create a provisional government based on the principles of the Constitution of 1824 Although they did not declare independence the delegates insisted they would not rejoin Mexico until federalism had been reinstated the new government would consist of a governor and a General Council with one representative from each municipality Under the assumption that these two branches would cooperate there was no system of checks and balances, When news of the Emancipation Proclamation arrived in Galveston on June 19 1865 freed slaves rejoiced creating the celebration of Juneteenth the State had suffered little during the war but trade and finance had been disrupted Angry returning veterans seized state property and Texas went through a period of extensive violence and disorder Most outrages took place in northern Texas; outlaws based in the Indian Territory plundered and murdered without distinction of party. .
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