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Texas boasts that "Six Flags" have flown over its soil: the Fleur-de-lis of France, the national flags of Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States of America, and the United States of America.
Native American tribes who once lived inside the boundaries of present-day Texas include Apache, Atakapan, Bidai, Caddo, Comanche, Cherokee, Kiowa, Tonkawa, Wichita, Huaco and the Karankawa of Galveston. Currently, there are three federally recognized Native American tribes which reside in Texas: the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, and the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas.
On November 6, 1528, shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez
Cabeza de Vaca became the first known European in Texas. Prior to 1821,
Texas was part of the Spanish dominions of New Spain. Moses Austin
bought 200,000 acres (800 km²) of land of his choice. In 1821, Texas
became part of Mexico and, in 1824, became the northern section of
Coahuila y Tejas. On January 3, 1823, Stephen F. Austin began a colony
of 300 American families along the Brazos River. This group became
known as the "Old Three Hundred." The "Conventions" of 1832 and 1833
responded to rising unrest at the policies of the ruling Mexican
government.
In 1835, Antonio López de Santa Anna, President of Mexico, proclaimed a
unified constitution for all Mexican territories, including Texas.
Anglo-American settlers in Texas announced they intended to secede from
Mexico rather than be forced to the new Mexican constitution and
instead, asked for consideration under the original 1824 Mexican
Constitution which allowed: freedom of religion, freedom of thought and
the press and also enslavement, which Mexico had abolished under this
new constitution. Other policies that irritated the Texans included the
forcible disarmament of Texan settlers, and the expulsion of immigrants
and legal land owners originally from the United States. The example of
the Centralista forces' suppression of dissidents in Zacatecas also
inspired fear of the Mexican government.
On March 2, 1836, the Convention of 1836 signed a Declaration of
Independence, declaring Texas an independent nation. On April 21, 1836,
the Texans won their independence when they defeated the Mexican forces
of Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. Santa Anna was captured and
signed the Treaties of Velasco, which gave Texas firm boundaries;
Mexico repudiated the treaties, considered Texas a breakaway province,
and vowed to reconquer it. Later in 1836, the Texans adopted a
constitution that formally legalized slavery in Texas. The Republic of
Texas included all the area now included in the state of Texas, and
additional unoccupied territory to the west and northwest.
Texans strongly wanted annexation to the United States. Texas was
fast-growing but still poor, and was almost incapable of self-defense
up through at least the Dawson Massacre and two recaptures of Béxar in
Texas of 1842. This only helped to strengthen the resolve of Texas to
join the United States. However, American politics intruded; strong
Northern opposition to adding another slave state blocked annexation
until the election of 1844 was won on a pro-annexation platform by
James K. Polk. On December 29, 1845, Texas was admitted to the United
States as a constituent state of the Union. The Mexican–American War
followed, with decisive American victories. Texas grew rapidly as
migrants poured into the rich cotton lands.
During the American Civil War, the Texas legislature authorized
secession from the United States on February 1, 1861 and was accepted
as a state by the provisional government of the Confederate States of
America on March 1, 1861. Texas was most useful for supplying hardy
soldiers for Confederate forces (veterans of the Mexican–American War),
and in cavalry. As a whole, Texas was mainly a "supply state" for the
Confederate forces until mid 1863, when the Union capture of the
Mississippi River made large movements of men or cattle impossible.
Texas regiments fought in every major battle throughout the war.
The last battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Palmito Ranch, was
fought in Texas, on May 12, 1865, well after Lee's surrender on April
9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Texas descended into
near-anarchy during the two months between the surrender of the Army of
Northern Virginia and the assumption of authority by (Union) General
Gordon Granger, as Confederate forces demobilized or disbanded and
government property passed into private hands through distribution or
plunder.
Juneteenth commemorates the announcement of the Emancipation
Proclamation on June 19, 1865 in Galveston by General Gordon Granger;
nearly 1-1/2 years after the original announcement of January 1, 1863.
On March 30, 1870, although Texas did not meet all the requirements,
the United States Congress readmitted Texas into the Union.
The first major oil well in Texas was drilled at Spindletop, the little
hill south of Beaumont, on the morning of January 10, 1901. Other oil
fields were later discovered nearby in East Texas, in West Texas, and
under the Gulf of Mexico. The resulting “Oil Boom” permanently
transformed the economy of Texas. Oil production eventually averaged
three million barrels of oil per day at its peak in 1972. The economy,
which had experienced significant recovery since the Civil War, was
dealt a double blow by the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl.
From 1950 through the 1960s, Texas modernized and dramatically expanded
its system of higher education. Under the leadership of Governor John
B. Connally, the state produced a long-range plan for higher education,
a more rational distribution of resources, and a central state
apparatus that managed state institutions with greater efficiency.
Because of these changes, Texas universities received federal funds for
research and development during the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B.
Johnson administrations.
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JOE THYNE I joined the military on April 27, 1988 on my 17th birthday (with a waiver signed by my parents). In my military career, I progressed through the ranks first as an E-1 (Private) up to an E-5 (Sergeant).
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