Power Point TEXAS

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History of the State In 1519 along the Texas coast was Spanish explorer Pineda. November 6, 1528 conquistador Alvar Cabeza de Vaca became the first European to set foot on the ground in Texas. Cabeza de Vaca and Coronado visited in inland areas in 1541. The first settlement was founded by the Spaniards in the Islet near El Paso in 1682. The Americans came here at the beginning of the XIX century. Mexico, which included Texas, achieved independence from Spain in 1821. Gen. Santa Anna, who became the head of the Mexican Government, demanded that the Texans to emancipate slaves or to leave the country. Texans rebelled. In 1836 the troops of Santa Anna killed every last one of the defenders of the Alamo mission. Across Texas was thrown cry revenge for the dead (Remember the Alamo). Militias led by Sam Houston defeated the Mexicans at the Battle of San Jacinto and proclaimed the independence of Texas. In 1845 the Republic of Texas was admitted to the U.S. as a state. Native American inhabitants of the modern Texas include Apache tribes, Atapakan , Bida , Caddo, Comanche, Karankawa , Kiowa, Tonkawa, Wichita, and others. Over Texas at different times of 6 flags waving: French Fleur-de-lis, Spanish, Mexican, Republic of Texas flag, the flag of the Confederate States of America and, finally, U.S.. Texas formed part of the Spanish colony of New Spain. After the Mexican revolution for independence in 1821, Texas became part of Mexico.

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Motto: Friendship State name derives from the word tejas in the language of Indian tribes, Caddo, meaning "friends" or "allies"; Spanish explorers mistook him for the name of the place and its peoples. From this and we've got a motto.

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Flag:

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A flower, a symbol of the state: Bluebonnet.

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The tree, symbol of the state: Pecan.

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The bird, a symbol of the state: Mockingbird.

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Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County . Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest , it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the fifteenth most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in the nation from 2000 to 2006. ] Austin has a population of 786,382. The city is the cultural and economic center of the Austin–Round Rock metropolitan area, with a population of 1,750,224, making it the 35th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.

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Texas is one of the centers of American agriculture, animal husbandry, education, oil and chemical industries and financial institutions. Capital of the state - Austin, an administrative division - District (254). State name derives from the Spanish word « tejas », and then, in turn, from the Indian « táysha », the language of the Caddo tribes, meaning "friend", "ally" (named the first Spanish explorers called the Indian Territory, were part of a confederation of tribes hasinay ) . The U.S. state abbreviation - TX.