“We WERE a Republic until annexation and statehood in 1845.
Yes, Frantzie, there were two provisions included in the annexation agreement of 1845: that Texas kept its public lands and that Texas reserved the right to break into five separate states.
Many scholars argue that secession during the Civil War and readmission nullified the first annexation agreement. I, personally, don’t know.”
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Thanks for your explanation, I didn’t know the answer. Many prior ‘contracts’ were nullified by the Union concerning those who joined the South after the CW.
When Texas joined the union, Sam Houston demanded 3 counties in Texas be retained by the Cherokees who had settled them before white settlers. During the Texas war with Mexico, these Cherokees guarded Houston’s backside from marauding Mexicans.
But the US government broke that promise to the Republic of Texas after they joined, killed many of the Cherokees removing them and ran the rest to Mexico.
***But the US government broke that promise to the Republic of Texas after they joined, killed many of the Cherokees removing them and ran the rest to Mexico***
As far as I’m concerned, that right there nullified any agreement we made with the US government. They broke it first, so why should we be held to it?
In the end, I don’t think it matters much. If we want to be free, we will be. See Tag Line.