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Texas - Referat
T E X A S
Facts:
-name: from the Indian word "tejas" (means: "friends")
-capital: Austin
-population: ca. 20.800.000 people (ca. 4.400.000 people are not white)
-area: 692.244 kmē
-Gouverneur: Rick Perry
-language: English, Spanish
History:
- Indian (tribes: Apache, Comanche, Caddo, Tonkawa, Lipan, Karankawas ans Coahuiltecan) lives there
-in the 16th and 17th century Mexicans explored the land
-1821 Texas was a part of Mexico
-1831 Texas was independent (republic)
-29th decembre 1845 to USA
-1861-65 Texas was at war against USA
-1870 Texas belongs to USA again
-national hymne: "Texas, Our Texas"; since 1929; written by William J. Marsh and Gladys Yoakum Wright ; Composed by William J. Marsh
Life:
-lots of oil deposits and cattle farmer
-George W. Bush growed up in Texas (*6th July, 1949; oldest son from George Herbert Walker Bush; was Gouverneur in Texas; his brother Jeb is Governeur in Florida
-Bonnie and Clyde were from Texas (lived at the end of 1930; were gangesters: killed people, robed; didn't have money; 1934 police shooted Bonnie and Clye
-school system:
1. elementary school (grade k - grade 6)
2. secondary school/Junior High School (grade 7 - grade 8)
3. High School (grade 9 - grade 12)
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