USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

MANIFEST DESTINY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country did Texas declare independence from, prior to being annexed into the U.S.?
A
Mexico
B
Spain
C
France
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Republic of Texas declared independence from the Republic of Mexico on March 2, 1836. It applied for annexation to the United States the same year, but was rejected by the Secretary of State.

Detailed explanation-2: -In November 1835, a provisional government known as the Consultation was established to oppose the Santa Anna regime (but stopped short of declaring independence from Mexico). On March 1, 1836, the Convention of 1836 came to order, and the next day declared independence from Mexico, establishing the Republic of Texas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Overview. Texas was annexed by the United States in 1845 and became the 28th state. Until 1836, Texas had been part of Mexico, but in that year a group of settlers from the United States who lived in Mexican Texas declared independence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sixty years after the United States signed its Declaration of Independence at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Independence Hall at Washington on the Brazos State Historic Site is the place Where Texas Became Texas and we signed our own Declaration of Independence from Mexico.

Detailed explanation-5: -As the delegates worked, they received regular reports on the ongoing siege on the Alamo by the forces of Santa Anna’s troops. A free and independent Republic of Texas was officially declared March 2, 1836.

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