Texas Joins The Union
The United States annexed the Republic of Texas and almost immediately sets off a war with Mexico
December 27, 1845
On this date, which was just short of nine years since the Battle of the Alamo, the United States officially annexed the Republic of Texas, making it the twenty-eighth state in the Union. Support for Texas to become part of the Union had begun to build just after Texas gained its independence from Mexico,…
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