A majority of voters in the Republic…

October 1845 CE

A majority of voters in the Republic of Texas approve a proposed constitution on October 13, 1845, that, if accepted by the United States Congress, will make Texas a U.S. state.

Texas had consolidated its status as an independent republic and received official recognition from Britain, France, and the United States, which had all advised Mexico not to try to reconquer the new nation.

Most Texians want to join the United States of America, but annexation of Texas is contentious in Congress, where Whigs are largely opposed.

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Austin Travis Texas United States View →

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James K. Polk View →

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → France, constitutional monarchy of View → Mexico, Centralist Republic of View → Texas, Republic of View → Texas, State of (U.S.A.) View →

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Party System, Second (United States) View → Jacksonian Democracy (United States) View → “Manifest Destiny” and American Expansion; 1840-1851 View →

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