2018年9月14日金曜日

2018年9月14日金曜日 -

Merritt：　Texas

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I was born in Texas in a small town called Wichita Falls. In Texas people say `Howdy` for hello and love to eat Tex-Mex. One very big difference between Texas and Japan is the wide open spaces. It can take up to eighteen hours to travel to one city from another and you are still in Texas!

Between 1821 and 1836 Texas was a part of Mexico. Many colonists from America were migrating to Texas to start new lives. The president of Mexico, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, felt that too many Americans were settling in Texas and wanted to regain the land for Mexico. Fights started occurring between small groups of Mexican soldiers and American volunteers in December of 1835. Eventually in March 1836 the Republic of Texas was created, establishing Texas as an independent country from Mexico and the United States of America.

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President Santa Anna vowed to retake Texas and sent his armies to avenge Mexico’s honor. The Texans were completely unprepared and many were killed. One famous battle between Mexico and Texas occurred at The Alamo. The Alamo is a mission located in San Antonia and about a hundred Texans were garrisoned there. However, fifteen hundred men of the Mexican Army were able to take the Alamo after ten days' fighting. News of the courage of the Texans at the Alamo spread throughout Texas and the United States of America, and this brought a flood of volunteers to join the Texas military. With a new army, Sam Houston was able to defeat the Mexican Army at the Battle of San Jacinto. Many of the Texans in the battle yelled ’Remember the Alamo’ as they fought.

Today the Alamo is the most popular tourist location in all of Texas and you can see many items from the original battle on display. Movies have been made depicting the events that occurred at the Battle of Alamo and many Texans, myself included, are very proud of Texas history. I highly recommend any Japanese traveling to America to see Texas. The rich culture and history is worth it and you can even try some famous Tex-Mex cuisine.
Tex-Mex：（テックスメックス）テキサスとメキシコ融合の料理・音楽など
up to：～まで
settling in：定住する
regain：取り戻す
vowed：誓った
avenge：仇を討つ
garrisoned：駐屯した
brought a flood of volunteers：ボランティアが殺到した
depicting：描いている
worth：価値がある