Texas Annexation

ocelinne Perfecto Professor Sharifian Government 2306 23rd April, 2018 SLO #3 Victory is mine As I receive the victory in winning Texas state senate there are factors that must be taken to consideration. There are state senate committees that I must choose to serve. Committees are subunits who are meant to complete certain tasks and look at certain bills. In this case, I will be choosing three of them in regard to factors that I stand for and based on the what my district needs. 1 The committees…

Miami War Chief Little Turtle is releated to me. Little Turtle is my 1st Great Grand Uncle of Husband of 3rd Great Grand Aunt. Little Turtle's Indian name was "Mihshahkatoohkwa" He was born around 1747 and passed away around 1812. (18th Century) My degree of Indian blood is made up of two seperate tribes: Shawnee and Miami. Because the Shawnee Indians were assimilated into the Cherokee Nation, I am also a Cherokee. From my research, I have found that my Paternal Great Great Grandfather was a…

football teams, the tastiest barbeque, and the finest country music. However, because there are numerous great qualities about Texas, it makes it easy for the not so great qualities to just fly under the radar. One of those not so great qualities is the brokenness of the Texas foster care system. In 2016, over 200 children in Texas were killed by child abuse, leaving Texas as the state with the highest child fatalities. In several of these fatal cases child protection agencies had contact with…

Myth & Legend—Myth of the Cowboy Culture- When many tourists around the world visits Texas to explore, they all have a very interesting question to ask from the Texas citizens and that would be what makes Texas culture so extraordinary? And the answer to this question certainly would be the “Cowboys” from them. They would not be mentioning to the famous “Dallas Cowboys” of football legend, but they are referring to the cowboy culture that seems to spread throughout the state. Many tourists visit…

look,better football teams, and growing universities.There where bad things that came from the discovery as well, such as, the divorce rate in Ector texas where oil was discovered, was 23 times the amount of the national average.Oil was a way of the future with entrepreneurs popping up all over the u.s.The Discovery of oil shaped the future of texas forever. The first discovery of oil was at spindletop, january 10th 1901.This caused a sudden increase in jobs but people would also leave their…

Henry Massie Rector was the state’s sixth governor. He was part of Arkansas’s political dynasty during the antebellum period, but he was not always comfortable in that role and played a part in its downfall. Henry Rector was born on May 1, 1816, at Fontaine’s Ferry near Louisville, Kentucky, to Elias Rector and Fannie Bardell Thurston. He was the only one of their children to survive to maturity. Elias Rector, one of the numerous Rectors who worked as deputy surveyors under William Rector, the…

The Texas Constitution: Explaining the Foundations of the Lone Star State The current Texas Constitution is a document, which was accepted on February 15, 1876. It is the seventh written constitution of Texas. It contains sixteen articles and places many restrictions on government. Although it is the supreme law in the State, it also falls under Article IV, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution, also known as the Supremacy Clause. Much like the U.S. Constitution, the Texas Constitution establishes…

State constitution of Texas with particular attention to the current state constitution A constitution is a collection of fundamental principles which guides on how a state or a country is to be governed or ruled. Texas Constitution is a basic governing document of the state of Texas. The present Texas Constitution was established in 1876. It is the seventh constitution in the Texas’ history. State constitutions are vital since they manage a few matters that are not stated in the United States…

Professional football is the most watched sport in America. From fantasy football to watching your favorite team make a comeback in the fourth quarter, professional football has been an entertaining, intense showdown that we all love to watch. But despite all of this, T.V. ratings have gone down and we do not know the reason why. But what we do know is that the ratings in other countries have not gone down. From the Raiders and Chiefs week 11 showdown in Mexico to the multiple successful games…

1. Q: When was San Francisco founded and who founded it? A. San Francisco was founded on June 29, 1776. It was founded by a Spanish explorer named Juan Bautista de Anza and Paloú. Anza lead an expedition northwest to the Pacific Coast and established the first successful overland connection between Sonora and Northern California. The Mexican viceroy was so impressed, he commissioned Anza to return to the San Francisco Bay and set up a permanent settlement. (San Francisco History) 2. Q: What is…