Texas

Texas is the Lone star sate

• Texas's mean "all who are friends".
• Texas's motto is "Friendship''.
• Their biggest city is Houston with 2.161 million people
• Their State Capitol is Austin, TX

2014 population is 25,844,629

A Revolution

• Texas became an Independent nation in 1835
•  The newly formed Texas Republic was unable to defend its self
• And eventually got negotiated with the US to join the Union in 1844
• Information from: www.history.com

GEOGRAPHIC features

• Texas's total land area is 268,581 square miles
• Texas is the second largest state in the Union 
• Their highest point is Guadalupe peck, at 8,749 feet
• Their lowest point is The Gulf Of Mexico at sea level
• Texas has 90 moutains that rise 1 mile high

Water

• Texas is awfully wet for such a dry state
• It has 3,700 named streams
• 14 major rivers
• 212 reservoirs
• The longest river is Rio Grande

Climate

• Texas's average rainfall is 32.56
• Their record for high temperature is 120 f
• Their record for low temperature is -23 f
• In Panhandle Texas winter winds often bring snow and ice storms
• As you can see Texas is a very warm and cold state

GOVERNMENT

Rick Perry

• Rick is a republican
• He took office in December, on the 21, in 2000
• In 2015 Rick's term will be ending 

Capitol

• Texas's state capitol is Austin, TX
• The Record of Austin, Texas began in the 1830's
• Their are Two senators in Texas
• They are John Cornyn and Ted Cruz
• Their are 36 Representatives in Texas

ELECTORAL votes

• In the US are votes consist of 538 electors
• Also in the US to vote for a president 270 votes of requuierd
• In Texas a number of 38 electoral Votes are Requrid

If I got to go to Texas

I would go To Houston because

• There are so many possibilities
• I could go swimming which I love to do
• I could go golfing which I also love to do
• I could go shopping which is super fun

Why I picked Texas

I Picked texas because...

• I was named after a Girl Named Jacquelyn Rigg
• She passed away a couple of days before I was born
• She grew up In Texas so in memory of her I picked Texas

fun facts

• Texas's state bird is the Mocking bird 
• Texas's state fruit is the grape fruit
• Texas's state song is " Texas, our Texas".
• Their nickname is The Lone star state
• Their state flower is the Blue Bonnet 

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