They did all the work for the Americans, so then the Americans had money to put towards building news town and inventions which then started to build our country.
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we lost that place and Mexico took it over. it was one of the biggest losses for texas.
When Ceylon became the Republic of Sri Lanka on 22 May 1972, Gopallawa became the first President. He stepped down from office in February 1978 when then Prime Minister Junius Richard Jayewardene became President following constitutional changes that effected the creation of an executive Presidency.
Raw Materials and natural resources, sugar, lots of Tobacco, rice, and cotton.