Houston Texas Business Directory, Houston Press headquarters in Midtown Houston, On February 28 1845 the U.S Congress narrowly passed a bill that authorized the United States to annex the Republic of Texas if it so voted the legislation set the date for annexation for December 29 of the same year on October 13 of the same year a majority of voters in Texas approved a proposed constitution that specifically endorsed slavery and the slave trade This constitution was later accepted by the U.S Congress making Texas a U.S state on the same day annexation took effect (therefore bypassing a territorial phase)! Thomas Mitchell Campbell born in Rusk Cherokee County Contents Chamberlain Daladier Hitler Mussolini and Ciano pictured just before signing the Munich Agreement 29 September 1938 During the revolution Texian soldiers gained a reputation for courage and militance. Lack points out that fewer than five percent of the Texian population enrolled in the army during the war a fairly low rate of participation. Texian soldiers recognized that the Mexican cavalry was far superior to their own Over the next decade the Texas Rangers borrowed Mexican cavalry tactics and adopted the Spanish saddle and spurs the riata and the bandana; The Texas State Capitol at night 13 See also Northgate Forest Main article: History of Texas Red Army troops in a counter-offensive on German positions at the Battle of Kursk July 1943. Main article: Eastern Front (World War II). .
. During much of the dispute with the United States governance of New Spain was in question in 1808 Napoleon forced the Spanish king to abdicate the throne and appointed Joseph Bonaparte as the new monarch a shadow government operated out of Cadiz during Joseph's reign. Revolutionaries within Mexico and the United States unsuccessfully combined to declare Texas and Mexico independent, Alcohol use Axis forces employed biological and chemical weapons the Imperial Japanese Army used a variety of such weapons during its invasion and occupation of China (see Unit 731) and in early conflicts against the Soviets. Both the Germans and Japanese tested such weapons against civilians and sometimes on prisoners of war, 12.2 Cities The River Oaks Theatre Erin (2007) Houston has a franchise in nearly every major professional sports league including: Houston Dynamo (MLS) Houston Astros (MLB) Houston Rockets (NBA) Houston Comets (Now Defunct)(WNBA) Houston Aeros (Now Defunct) (AHL) Houston Texans (NFL) and Houston Dash (National Women's Soccer League). . 12 Nautical science Geography Thunderstorms strike Texas often especially the eastern and northern portions of the state Tornado Alley covers the northern section of Texas the state experiences the most tornadoes in the United States an average of 139 a year These strike most frequently in North Texas and the Panhandle. Tornadoes in Texas generally occur in the months of April May and June, Houston Dynamo MLS Soccer BBVA Compass Stadium 2012 22,039, Texas is the second-largest U.S state after Alaska with an area of 268,820 square miles (696,200 km2) Though 10% larger than France and almost twice as large as Germany or Japan it ranks only 27th worldwide amongst country subdivisions by size If it were an independent country Texas would be the 40th largest behind Chile and Zambia. Houmont Park The Houston Theater District located in Downtown is home to nine major performing arts organizations and six performance halls It is the second-largest concentration of theater seats in a downtown area in the United States. Harris County ESD #6 EMS North Channel EMS .5% .0089 The land comprising Mexican Texas between the Red Sabine and Nueces Rivers is shaded yellow the land between this boundary and the Rio Grande on the south and the Arkansas River on the north is shaded green and marked as "claimed territory", Texas Medical Center In 1940 Houston was a city of 400,000 population dependent on shipping and oil the war dramatically expanded the city's economic base thanks to massive federal spending Energetic entrepreneurs most notably George Brown James Elkins and James Abercrombie landed hundreds of millions of dollars in federal wartime investment in technologically complex facilities Houston oil companies moved from being mere refiners and became sophisticated producers of petrochemicals Especially important were synthetic rubber and high octane fuel which retained their importance after the war the war moved the natural gas industry from a minor factor to a major energy source; Houston became a major hub when a local firm purchased the federally-financed Inch pipelines Other major growth industries included steel munitions and shipbuilding Tens of thousands of new migrants streamed in from rural areas straining the city's housing supply and the city's ability to provide local transit and schools For the first time high paying jobs went to large numbers of women blacks and Mexican Americans the city's African American community emboldened by their newfound prosperity became a hotbed of civil rights agitation; the Smith v Allwright Supreme Court decision on voting rights was backed and funded by local blacks in this period.[page needed]; 4.5 State government District 10 Michael McCaul Republican 2004 Northwest, 12.3 Higher education Houston's plan to host the 2012 Summer Olympics included renovating the Astrodome for use as a main stadium. Houston became one of the USOC's bid finalists but the organization chose New York City as its candidate city and the Games were ultimately awarded to London by the IOC. There were 943,183 housing units in 2017 and 838,950 households. 43.3% of Houstonians owned housing units with an average of 2.66 persons per household the median monthly owner costs with a mortgage were $1,533 and $511 without a mortgage Houston's median gross rent from 2013-2017 was $940 the median household income in 2017 was $49,399 and 21.2% of Houstonians lived below the poverty line, Railroad map of Texas east of the 100th meridian (circa 1884), Politics 8 Corpus Christi Nueces 325,733 Although no new fighting techniques were introduced during the Texas Revolution casualty figures were quite unusual for the time Generally in 19th-century warfare the number of wounded outnumbered those killed by a factor of two or three From October 1835 through April 1836 approximately 1,000 Mexican and 700 Texian soldiers died while the wounded numbered 500 Mexican and 100 Texian the deviation from the norm was due to Santa Anna's decision to label Texian rebels as traitors and to the Texian desire for revenge!
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