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Lee family, political family of Colonial Virginia and Maryland Roosevelt family , from the old stock Knickerbocker settlers [ 14 ] [ 17 ] Washington family , family of George Washington, commanding general of the Continental Army, first president of the United States, the man who would not be king [ 14 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ]
According to the oral tradition of the Miskitus, centuries ago, a group of people who were led by their warrior leader Miskut, emigrated from northern South America, traveled the Caribbean coast and settled on the continent, in a place where a river, a lagoon and the sea converged. They called this site Sitawala, the river would later be called ...
Crystal City, named after the town it neighbors and located 110 miles (180 km) south of San Antonio, was one of the largest camps in Texas.Before the war, Crystal City had been a migrant labor camp, built by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) to house an influx of migrant workers who came to farm the area's most profitable crop, spinach.
Puerto Rico and Guam remain territories, and the Philippines became independent in 1946, after being a major theater of World War II. Following the war, many islands were entrusted to the U.S. by the United Nations , [ 7 ] and while the Northern Mariana Islands became a U.S. territory, the Marshall Islands , Federated States of Micronesia , and ...
Texas Germans were strong abolitionists during the 1850s. In the American Civil War, they opposed martial law and military conscription, and were made victims at the Nueces massacre. After Reconstruction, Texas Germans lived in relative obscurity as teachers, doctors, civil servants, politicians, musicians, farmers, and ranchers. [5]
This category lists royal families of modern independent monarchies in North America. This excludes colonies and dependencies of European monarchies, Commonwealth Realms , and the like. Subcategories
The Republic of Texas (Spanish: República de Tejas), or simply Texas, was a country in North America. [3] It existed for close to 10 years, from March 2, 1836, to February 19, 1846. Texas shared borders with Mexico , the Republic of the Rio Grande , and the United States .
This map of the Presidio La Bahia was drawn in 1836. Only 15 or 16 people survived the colony. Six returned to France, while nine others were captured by the Spaniards, including the four children who had been spared by the Karankawa. [35] The children were initially brought to the viceroy of New Spain, the Conde de Galve, who treated them as ...