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Main article: Geography of Texas Cities (multiple counties), Beginning around the mid-20th century Texas began to transform from a rural and agricultural state to one that was urban and industrialized the state's population grew quickly during this period with large levels of migration from outside the state. As a part of the Sun Belt Texas experienced strong economic growth particularly during the 1970s and early 1980s. Texas's economy diversified lessening its reliance on the petroleum industry by 1990 Hispanics overtook blacks to become the largest minority group in the state; Top publicly traded companies, Ever since the discovery of oil at Spindletop energy has been a dominant force politically and economically within the state. If Texas were its own country it would be the sixth largest oil producer in the world.

. . Over the next ten days delegates prepared a constitution for the Republic of Texas Parts of the document were copied verbatim from the United States Constitution; other articles were paraphrased the new nation's government was structured similarly to that of the United States with a bicameral legislature a chief executive and a supreme court. In a sharp departure from its model the new constitution expressly permitted impressment of goods and forced housing for soldiers it also explicitly legalized slavery and recognized the people's right to revolt against government authority. After adopting the constitution on March 17 delegates elected interim officers to govern the country and then adjourned David G Burnet who had not been a delegate was elected president the following day Burnet announced the government was leaving for Harrisburg, 12 See also American 8th Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombing raid on the Focke-Wulf factory in Germany 9 October 1943; ! . 2 Early Spanish exploration Starting in the late twentieth century many traditional homes townhomes and high-rise condominiums were constructed (or converted) for residents wishing to live in the downtown and inner-loop area spurred by a focused revitalization effort after years of suburban exodus These emerging urban dwellings can be found in an eclectic array of styles. .