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  2. Texas annexation - Wikipedia

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    Boundaries of Texas after the annexation of 1845. The Republic of Texas was annexed into the United States and admitted to the Union as the 28th state on December 29, 1845.. The Republic of Texas declared independence from the Republic of Mexico on March 2, 1836.

  3. History of Texas (1845–1860) - Wikipedia

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    Texas' annexation as a state that tolerated slavery had caused tension in the United States among slave states and those that did not allow slavery. The tension was partially defused with the Compromise of 1850, in which Texas ceded some of its territory to the federal government to become non-slave-owning areas but gained El Paso.

  4. Bridges history column: Texan Anson Jones, part 2

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    Jones pushed the Texas Congress to support annexation and a state constitutional convention. Congress approved the measures in June. His vice-president, San Augustine lawyer Kenneth Anderson, died ...

  5. Texan Santa Fe Expedition - Wikipedia

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    The expedition was unofficially initiated by the president of Texas, Mirabeau B. Lamar.The initiative was a major component of Lamar's ambitious plan to turn the fledgling republic into a continental power, which the president believed had to be achieved as quickly as possible to stave off the growing movement demanding the annexation of Texas to the United States.

  6. Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas was finally annexed when the expansionist James K. Polk won the election of 1844. [97] On December 29, 1845, the U.S. Congress admitted Texas to the U.S. [98] After Texas's annexation, Mexico broke diplomatic relations with the United States.

  7. History of Texas - Wikipedia

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    On October 13 of the same year, a majority of voters in Texas approved a proposed constitution. This constitution was later accepted by the U.S. Congress, making Texas a U.S. state on the same day annexation took effect (therefore bypassing a territorial phase). Texas was annexed as the 28th state in the United States of America.

  8. 25 Crazy Facts About Texas - AOL

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  9. 1844 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    Texas annexation thus posed both domestic and foreign policy risks. Both major parties had wings in the North and the South, but the possibility of the expansion of slavery threatened a sectional split in each party. Expelled by the Whig Party after vetoing key Whig legislation and lacking a firm political base, Tyler hoped to use the ...