News of the defeats sparked the Runaway Scrape where much of the population of Texas and the Texas provisional government fled east away from the approaching Mexican army. Many settlers rejoined the Texian army then commanded by General Sam Houston After several weeks of maneuvering on April 21 1836 the Texian Army attacked Santa Anna's forces near the present-day city of Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto. They captured Santa Anna and forced him to sign the Treaties of Velasco ending the war. Racial violence continued by whites against blacks as they enforced white supremacy Despite this freedmen pursued education organized new churches and fraternal organizations and entered politics winning local offices By the 1890s more than 100,000 blacks were voting in state elections in 1896 and 1898 Republican Robert B Hawley was elected to Congress from the state by a plurality when most white voters split between the Democratic and Populist parties Democrats were determined to end competition by Republicans and Populists and reviewed what other Southern states were doing to disenfranchise blacks and poor whites Mississippi's new constitution of 1890 had survived a Supreme Court case although in practice it was highly discriminatory against freedmen, From November 1943 during the seven-week Battle of Changde the Chinese forced Japan to fight a costly war of attrition while awaiting Allied relief in January 1944 the Allies launched a series of attacks in Italy against the line at Monte Cassino and tried to outflank it with landings at Anzio! ! A full season of operas is performed in the downtown Theatre District by Houston Grand Opera while a smaller community-based opera company (Opera in the Heights) performs in Lambert Hall Operas are also performed each spring and fall at both the Shepherd School of Music and the Moores School of Music Houston Grand Opera performs at least one free show each summer at the Miller Outdoor Theatre. . 3 Extreme weather 7.1 Ethnicity Population demographics and government, Government and politics hexavalent chromium - cancer Stephen F Austin the "Father of Texas." Astrodome interior in 2004. . The Anahuac Disturbances in 1832 were the first open revolt against Mexican rule and they coincided with a revolt in Mexico against the nation's president. Texians sided with the federalists against the current government and drove all Mexican soldiers out of East Texas. They took advantage of the lack of oversight to agitate for more political freedom Texians met at the Convention of 1832 to discuss requesting independent statehood among other issues the following year Texians reiterated their demands at the Convention of 1833.
The Trust for America's Health ranked Texas 15th highest in adult obesity with 27.2 percent of the state's population measured as obese the 2008 Men's Health obesity survey ranked four Texas cities among the top 25 fattest cities in America; Houston ranked 6th Dallas 7th El Paso 8th and Arlington 14th. Texas had only one city Austin ranked 21st in the top 25 among the "fittest cities" in America the same survey has evaluated the state's obesity initiatives favorably with a "B+" the state is ranked forty-second in the percentage of residents who engage in regular exercise. Much of Texas politics of the remainder of the 19th century centered on land use Guided by the federal Morill Act Texas sold public lands to gain funds to invest in higher education in 1876 the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opened and seven years later the University of Texas at Austin began conducting classes, U.S Decennial Census In 1912 the Rice Institute (now Rice University) opened in the West University area, According to US Census records from 2010 the population of East Texas counties is 65.93% White non-Hispanic 17.44% African American 14.29% Hispanic or Latino origin and 2.34% Other (including Native American and Asian) East Texas' most ethnically and racially diverse county is Jefferson County East Texas' largest county which includes the city of Beaumont with 44.1% White non-Hispanic 34.1% African American 17.7% Hispanic or Latino origin and 4.1% other (including Native American and Asian) Unlike Texas' total state racial demographics only two counties in East Texas have a majority minority Jefferson County in the Golden Triangle and Titus County having a 40.6% Hispanic or Latino origin population East Texas and Southeast Texas have a significant African-American population ranging to nearly 20% in some counties.
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