Happy Birthday Texas | 174 Years Old Today

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Dec 29, 1845, Texas the 28th state of the United States. Texas became independent of from Mexico in 1836.

Since its independence, Texas had sought annexation by the U.S. However, the process took nearly ten years due to political divisions over slavery. Texas entered the nation as a slave state, and seceded from it 15 years later as part of the Confederate States of America.

Courtesy NationalGeographic

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