Explaining the 2011 Record Drought in Texas By Marco Gamez Physical Geography 1. Worst Drought According to the National Weather Service‚ in 2011 Texas endured the single worst drought in it ’s history. During the drought‚ which began in October 2010‚ wildfires burned thousands of square miles and may have killed as much as half a billion trees (Tam 1). The weather was hot and dry with very little rain throughout the year. August 2010 through July 2011 saw the brunt of the worst drought
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Native American Cultures In Texas Native American cultures are found throughout the United States. The four Native American cultures that can be found in Texas are the Plains‚ Gulf Coast‚ Pueblo‚ and the South Eastern. These four cultures adapted and thrived using the resources that were available to them. The two American Indian cultures most influenced by geography are the Gulf Coast and Plains culture. The Gulf Coast culture is located in the Coastal Plains. It gets about 40in – 60in of rainfall
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Hawaii or an Carribbean vacation place. The truth is you wouldn’t have had to leave Texas if the Karankawas Indians were still around. The women of the Karankawas wore grass skirts and the men wore simple breach clothes. In the following paper let’s learn more about the Karankawas including where they lived‚ what they ate‚ the tools they used and much more. The Karankawas tribe lived along the Gulf Coast in Texas. This tribe controlled the area between what is present day Galveston and Corpus
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Why Did Texas Almost Fail as a Spanish Colony? Why do the ventures of man fail? The ventures of men fail primarily due to a lack of planning. In the case of Spanish colonies in Texas this holds true. The Spanish first set eyes on the Texas coast in 1519 and in 1821 they lowered their flag for the final time in Texas. The Spanish had about 300 years to try and colonize Texas and the attempt to colonize and settle Texas was not very successful. The initial boats that came to Texas were shipwrecked
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Texas Immigration Introduction “Remember‚ remember always ‚ that all of us‚ and you and I especially‚ are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt. Immigration is a major step in the process that all nations and states must undergo. Texas had many immigrant groups located in small pockets. These immigrants ranged from Germans to Anglo Americans. Immigrants who moved to Texas from foreign nations seeked for cheap land‚ freedom‚ wealth and a better lifestyle. Pull Factors
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“The World Turned Upside Down: Reconstruction in Texas” 1. Introduction: The Myth vs. the Reality of Reconstruction 2. Wartime Reconstruction 3. Postwar Reconstruction 4. Congressional Reconstruction 5. Undoing Reconstruction 6. Enduring Impacts of Reconstruction in Texas _______________________________________________________________________ The Myth vs. the Reality of Reconstruction The Myth: At the end of the Civil War‚ in which Southerners had fought valiantly against the brutal
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the Texas revolt‚ made James K. Polk win the election of 1844‚ and brought disagreements over the Marxian War between Polk and politicians in the North. The expansion of slavery led to the Texas revolt‚ which resulted in the independence of Texas. Texas was initially a part of Mexico. Since most of its residents owned slaves‚ Texas felt threatened when the governor of Mexico Santa Anna used his army to encourage the abolition of slavery in the region in 1835. In order to remain slaves‚ Texas built
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success and within a year he was broke. In 1833 Jones headed west to Texas‚ settling eventually in Brazoria. Here‚ at last‚ he met with success‚ establishing a medical practice that prospered quickly. But if Jones was looking for a quiet life in Texas‚ he would not find it. In 1835 he began to speak out about the growing tensions between Texas and Mexico‚ and that year he attended The Consultation‚ a meeting held at Columbia by Texas patriots to discuss the fight with Mexico. Jones himself presented
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Anson Jones : The Architect of Annexation Anson Jones contributed to Texas by advocating a withdrawal of the Texas proposal for annexation to the united states. Also formulated legislation to regulate medical practice and advocated a uniform system of education and an endowment for a university. He The fourth and last President of the Republic of Texas ‚ was born January 20‚ 1798 . The youngest of thirteen children. His mother Sarah Jones died when he was just 18 years old . However‚
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Texas Hist Test Review Key Terms : Teotihuacan‚ 100-600 (Mayan) Cahokia‚ 800-1100 Chaco Canyon‚ 850-1150 Tenochtitlan‚ 1300-1521 (Aztec) Inca Empire‚ 1200-1533 Key Terms week 2 : Reconquista‚ 1492 First Contact Cortés in Mexico‚ 1521 Pizarro in Peru‚ 1532 New Spain‚ 1535 Cabeza de Vaca & Estevanico‚ 1536 Coronado‚ 1541 de Soto‚ 1542 Caddo Indians – "techas" St. Augustine‚ 1565 Santa Fe‚ 1609 La Salle‚ 1684 mission & presidio system Nacogdoches mission‚ 1716 San Antonio de Valero
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