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Houston rejected the actions of the Texas Secession Convention, believing it had overstepped its authority in becoming a member state of the newly formed Confederacy. He refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy and was deposed from office.
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Option A, The First Boer War
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The First Boer War was caused by the global competition for natural resources in Africa, such as those described in the sources.
The first Boer War (October 11, 1899) began when Boer decided to restrict the entry of non-Boer settlers (Uitlanders) and to grant civil rights to Africa. The non Boer mainly comprised of Britishers.
In an effort to discourage Japanese militarism, Western powers including Australia, the United States, Britain, and the Dutch government in exile, which controlled the petroleum-rich Dutch East Indies, stopped selling iron ore, steel and oil to Japan, denying it the raw materials needed to continue its activities in China and French Indochina.
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The most recent attempt to re-energize the free trade movement in Africa occurred in early 2001, when Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, member states of the East African Community (EAC), committed themselves to relaunching their bloc, 24 years after it collapsed. These countries have 80 million inhabitants and intend to establish a customs union, regional court, legislative assembly, and eventually a political federation. Includes cooperation on immigration, road and telecommunications networks, investment, and capital markets. East African Community was originally founded in 1967, dissolved in 1977, and revived with the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community signed in 1999 by Kenya, Uganda and United Republic of Tanzania. Burundi and Rwanda became members in 2007 while South Sudan gained accession in April 2016.
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Thomas Jennings, born in 1791 is believed to have been the first African American inventor to receive a patent for an invention. He was 30 years old when he was granted a patent for a dry-cleaning process Jennings was a free tradesman and operated a dry-cleaning business in New York City.
