USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Texas formally seceded on March 2, 1861 to become the seventh state in the new Confederacy. Gov. Sam Houston was against secession, and struggled with loyalties to both his nation and his adopted state. His firm belief in the Union cost him his office when he refused to take an oath of allegiance to the new government.

Detailed explanation-2: -The document specifies several reasons for secession, including its solidarity with its “sister slave-holding States, ” the U.S. government’s inability to prevent Indian attacks, slave-stealing raids, and other border-crossing acts of banditry.

Detailed explanation-3: -During the Civil War Texans responded to the call to serve the Confederacy with gusto. More than 25, 000 men joined the Confederate army by the end of 1861, and almost 90, 000 soldiers from Texas joined to help the Confederate cause during the entire war.

Detailed explanation-4: -By the time of the Civil War, slaveholders controlled most of the wealth in Texas and dominated politics at all levels. They were pushing slavery westward into Central Texas at the time that the war halted the growth of the slave system. The slave system in Texas, as elsewhere, was held in place by brute force.

Detailed explanation-5: -On February 1, 1861, Texas becomes the seventh state to secede from the Union when a state convention votes 166 to 8 in favor of the measure. The Texans who voted to leave the Union did so over the objections of their governor, Sam Houston.