The Declaration of Independence
When Texas won its independence, it didn't just immediately become a part of the United States. For a while, it was an independent Republic with its own laws and own president. They made a deal to enter the United States but they didn't want to do it immediately because they didn't want their individual state rights to be infringed upon. Their culture and behavior was not so much general pro-american as it was Southern in its core and it's always wanted to be in charge of its own territory.
In the United States of America, the Cold War brought American soldiers into two wars that no side won, changed the political climate of the region, and kept many Americans terrified of nuclear weapons and war. The economy wasn’t really affected, it was mostly political views.
The meanings of the word Swahil are member of Bantu-speaking people of Zanzibar and the coast and a Bantu language used as a trade and governmental language in much of East Africa and the Congo region.