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On December 29, 1845, Texas was admitted as 28th state of the Union. From the article:
"Texas enters the Union
Six months after the congress of the Republic of Texas accepts U.S. annexation of the territory, Texas is admitted into the United States as the 28th state.
After gaining independence from Spain in the 1820s, Mexico welcomed foreign settlers to sparsely populated Texas, and a large group of Americans led by Stephen F. Austin settled along the Brazos River. The Americans soon outnumbered the resident Mexicans, and by the 1830s attempts by the Mexican government to regulate these semi-autonomous American communities led to rebellion. In March 1836, in the midst of armed conflict with the Mexican government, Texas declared its independence from Mexico.
The Texas volunteers initially suffered defeat against the forces of Mexican General Santa Anna–the Alamo fell and Sam Houston’s troops were forced into an eastward retreat. However, in late April, Houston’s troops surprised a Mexican force at San Jacinto, and Santa Anna was captured, bringing an end to Mexico’s efforts to subdue Texas.
The citizens of the independent Republic of Texas elected Sam Houston president but also endorsed the entrance of Texas into the Union. The likelihood of Texas joining the Union as a slave state delayed any formal action by the U.S. Congress for more than a decade. In 1844, Congress finally agreed to annex the territory of Texas. On December 29, 1845, Texas entered the United States as a slave state, broadening the irrepressible differences in the United States over the issue of slavery and setting off the Mexican-American War."
"Texas enters the Union
Six months after the congress of the Republic of Texas accepts U.S. annexation of the territory, Texas is admitted into the United States as the 28th state.
After gaining independence from Spain in the 1820s, Mexico welcomed foreign settlers to sparsely populated Texas, and a large group of Americans led by Stephen F. Austin settled along the Brazos River. The Americans soon outnumbered the resident Mexicans, and by the 1830s attempts by the Mexican government to regulate these semi-autonomous American communities led to rebellion. In March 1836, in the midst of armed conflict with the Mexican government, Texas declared its independence from Mexico.
The Texas volunteers initially suffered defeat against the forces of Mexican General Santa Anna–the Alamo fell and Sam Houston’s troops were forced into an eastward retreat. However, in late April, Houston’s troops surprised a Mexican force at San Jacinto, and Santa Anna was captured, bringing an end to Mexico’s efforts to subdue Texas.
The citizens of the independent Republic of Texas elected Sam Houston president but also endorsed the entrance of Texas into the Union. The likelihood of Texas joining the Union as a slave state delayed any formal action by the U.S. Congress for more than a decade. In 1844, Congress finally agreed to annex the territory of Texas. On December 29, 1845, Texas entered the United States as a slave state, broadening the irrepressible differences in the United States over the issue of slavery and setting off the Mexican-American War."
Texas enters the Union
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Love the state of Texas, it’s history and people. Lots of Carpetbaggers and undocumented Democrats, but the real Texans hold the line.
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SSG Donald H "Don" Bates
MSG Stan Hutchison - Guess the "real" Texans were the original Indian tribes???
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MCPO Roger Collins - I really don't care where a person calls home. Call yourself whatever you wish.
I was born in California, left there when I was 17, worked in Washington state, Oregon, and Idaho, then went in the Army at 21. Travelled all over the world. Retired in Washington and lived there for 20 years. Now a South Dakota resident for the past 10 years.
So, am I a Californian?
Who knows??
and
Who cares???
Now, if a person wants to call themselves a Texan, that's up to them.
I was born in California, left there when I was 17, worked in Washington state, Oregon, and Idaho, then went in the Army at 21. Travelled all over the world. Retired in Washington and lived there for 20 years. Now a South Dakota resident for the past 10 years.
So, am I a Californian?
Who knows??
and
Who cares???
Now, if a person wants to call themselves a Texan, that's up to them.
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MCPO Roger Collins
SSG Donald H "Don" Bates Sure, I hear them refer to being Texans all the time. They were Texans long before there was a Texas. Not trying to be snarky, but if you haven’t lived there and understand those that I referred to as “real” Texans, you couldn’t understand.
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SSG Donald H "Don" Bates
MCPO Roger Collins - I have lived here since 1972 and wanted to long before that. My Grandfather owned 320 acres in Carson County near Conway, also owned two town lots in Conway, have copies of the deeds.
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