. , 10.2.2 Obesity treatment The exact date of the war's end is also not universally agreed upon it was generally accepted at the time that the war ended with the armistice of 14 August 1945 (V-J Day) rather than the formal surrender of Japan which was on 2 September 1945 that officially ended the war in Asia a peace treaty with Japan was signed in 1951 a treaty regarding Germany's future allowed the reunification of East and West Germany to take place in 1990 and resolved most post-World War II issues. No formal peace treaty between Japan and the Soviet Union was ever signed, In the 1620s and 1630s the Dutch West India Company established many trade posts or colonies the Spanish silver fleet which carried silver from Spanish colonies to Spain were seized by Piet Heyn in 1628 in 1629 Suriname and Guyana were established.[clarification needed] in 1630 the West India Company conquered part of Brazil and the colony of New Holland (capital Mauritsstad present-day Recife) was founded. The Germans who settled Texas were diverse in many ways They included peasant farmers and intellectuals; Protestants Catholics Jews and atheists; Prussians Saxons Hessians and Alsatians; abolitionists and slaveholders; farmers and townsfolk; frugal honest folk and ax murderers They differed in dialect customs and physical features a majority had been farmers in Germany and most arrived seeking economic opportunities a few dissident intellectuals fleeing the 1848 revolutions in Germany sought political freedom but few save perhaps the Wends went for religious freedom the German settlements in Texas reflected their diversity Even in the confined area of the Hill Country each valley offered a different kind of German the Llano valley had stern teetotaling German Methodists who renounced dancing and fraternal organizations; the Pedernales valley had fun-loving hardworking Lutherans and Catholics who enjoyed drinking and dancing; and the Guadalupe valley had atheist Germans descended from intellectual political refugees the scattered German ethnic islands were also diverse These small enclaves included Lindsay in Cooke County largely Westphalian Catholic; Waka in Ochiltree County Midwestern Mennonite; Hurnville in Clay County Russian German Baptist; and Lockett in Wilbarger County Wendish Lutheran, Main article: Education in Houston, 3 Sports 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.
By 1860 Houston had emerged as a commercial and railroad hub for the export of cotton. Railroad spurs from the Texas inland converged in Houston where they met rail lines to the ports of Galveston and Beaumont During the American Civil War Houston served as a headquarters for General John Magruder who used the city as an organization point for the Battle of Galveston. After the Civil War Houston businessmen initiated efforts to widen the city's extensive system of bayous so the city could accept more commerce between Downtown and the nearby port of Galveston by 1890 Houston was the railroad center of Texas. Arts and theater The University of Texas at Arlington Representatives Name Party First Elected Area(s) of Harris County Represented.
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