USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Republic of Texas was established as a sovereign nation. What do you think sovereign means using context clues?
A
Complete independence and self-government
B
under another nation’s control
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -FREEDOM AND SOVEREIGNTY OF STATE. Texas is a free and independent State, subject only to the Constitution of the United States, and the maintenance of our free institutions and the perpetuity of the Union depend upon the preservation of the right of local self-government, unimpaired to all the States. (Feb. 15, 1876.)

Detailed explanation-2: -The Texas Declaration of Independence was issued during a revolution against the Mexican government that began in October 1835 following a series of government edicts including the dissolution of state legislatures, disarmament of state militias, and abolition of the Constitution of 1824.

Detailed explanation-3: -A1215 2 Page 3 states and the people of the states well and uniformly. (9)AASections 1 and 2, Article I, Texas Constitution, provide that this state and the people of this state retain the sovereign power to regulate the affairs of Texas, subject only to the United States Constitution.

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