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TEXAS OVEWVIEW
Spanish Exloration:
The first people to arrive in Texas were Native Americans. However, the first European to see Texas was Spaniard Pineda while mapping the gulf coast and Cortez found the Asztecs in Mexico City in the same year. ... Other mission were later established across the state and the first one in east texas was called San Francisco de las Tejas after the Caddo tribe word for friendship. ... The Antilian islands failed to produce large quantities of gold and silver, and by 1539 lands reported on by Cabeza de Vacaqv and his companions were believed to contain an El Dorado known as Cíbola
However, it’s Cortez who is the most famous person in Texas history. Cortez was to the history of Mexico, and Texas was settled by Spanish people who came through Mexico. You see, if Cortez had not come to what we now know as Mexico, if he had not conquered the Aztec Indians, Texas history might have been very different. ... I was LaaSalle who built the first fort in Texas and called it Fort St. ...
The Chicken War abandonment of the Spanish Franciscan missions in eastern Texas in 1719. ... Rubí recommended that Spain reorganize its frontier defenses along a cordon of fifteen presidios, each about 100 miles apart, that would stretch from the Gulf of California to the mouth of the Guadalupe River in Texas. Above this "real" frontier, which closely approximated the present international boundary between the United States and Mexico, Rubí advised that only San Antonio and Santa Fe be maintained, and he urged the complete abandonment of East Texas. ... At one point in his career he briefly took control of Texas.
Rosa Marie Hinojoso de Bali was the first cattle queen of Texas because she managed of 1,000,000 acres of land in the 1800’s
Economics in Texas
During the 20th century Texas became the leading oil-producing and oil-refining state in the United States. ... The Texas economy benefited from the many federal military installations located in the state and from other U. ... A number of major corporations have headquarters in Texas, especially in Houston and the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Approximate Word count = 1780
Approximate Pages = 7.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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