The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College

The Germans were the largest group immigrating directly from Europe. According to the Handbook of Texas :. Approximately 1,000 Mexican reinforcements arrived on March 3 the following day a local woman likely Bowie's relative Juana Navarro Alsbury was rebuffed by Santa Anna when she attempted to negotiate a surrender for the Alamo defenders. This visit increased Santa Anna's impatience and he scheduled an assault for early on March 6. Many of his officers were against the plan; they preferred to wait until the artillery had further damaged the Alamo's walls and the defenders were forced to surrender. Santa Anna was convinced that a decisive victory would improve morale and sound a strong message to those still agitating in the interior and elsewhere in Texas. Around 1,150 seaports dot Texas's coast with over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of channels. Ports employ nearly one-million people and handle an average of 317 million metric tons. Texas ports connect with the rest of the U.S Atlantic seaboard with the Gulf section of the Intracoastal Waterway the Port of Houston today is the busiest port in the United States in foreign tonnage second in overall tonnage and tenth worldwide in tonnage the Houston Ship Channel spans 530 feet (160 m) wide by 45 feet (14 m) deep by 50 miles (80 km) long, After a series of United States victories the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the two-year war in return for US$18,250,000 Mexico gave the U.S undisputed control of Texas ceded the Mexican Cession in 1848 most of which today is called the American Southwest and Texas's borders were established at the Rio Grande, The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) provides public transportation in the form of buses light rail high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes and paratransit to fifteen municipalities throughout the Greater Houston area and parts of unincorporated Harris County METRO's service area covers 1,303 square miles (3,370 km2) containing a population of 3.6 million.

. 6.2 Playing surface Awards and recognitions On 1 September 1939 Germany invaded Poland after having staged several false flag border incidents as a pretext to initiate the attack the Battle of Westerplatte is often described as the first battle of the war the United Kingdom responded with an ultimatum to Germany to cease military operations and on 3 September after the ultimatum was ignored France the United Kingdom Australia and New Zealand declared war on Germany This alliance was joined by South Africa (6 September) and Canada (10 September) the alliance provided no direct military support to Poland outside of a cautious French probe into the Saarland the Western Allies also began a naval blockade of Germany which aimed to damage the country's economy and war effort. Germany responded by ordering U-boat warfare against Allied merchant and warships which would later escalate into the Battle of the Atlantic. .