Although rice and maize are the two major staple crops of the region, wheat, millet, barley, potato, mustard and some other minor crops also make important contributions to hill agriculture. Rice can be grown virtually everywhere below 1800m on irrigated land, and maize on rainfed land up to an altitude of 2500m.
William Barret Travis was born August 1, 1809 and died March 6, 1836. He was an American teacher, lawyer, and soldier. He was in command of the Texan forces at the Battle of the Alamo, where he was killed along with all of his men. He was surrounded by thousands of Mexican troops and facing near-certain death, he wrote a letter. It was considered to be one of history's most heroic letters.
The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights both served to "<span>(3) limit the power of the monarchy", since they put more power in the hands of the nobles. They were major steps to full democracy.</span>
Joseph Sintoni thought that they were acting in denial of patriotism and of our country. Sintoni compared love of country and service to country with the way we feel about our families. "<span>Just as a man will stand by his family be it right or wrong," he wrote, so also we always stand with our country in any conflict with a foreign adversary. That was his view.</span>
Joseph Sintoni was soldier who later died in the Vietnam. He wrote his letter to his fiancee before he left for Vietnam in January, 1968. He was killed in action in March, 1968.
