>>Texas was originally part of Mexico and became a republic after the War
>>of Texas Independence. It was not annexed to the USA until the Mexican
>>American war was fought in 1847 which also cost Mexico California,
>>Arizona and New Mexico.
>>Jerry Liles
This is incorrect Jerry. Your statement implies that Texas was WON from
Mexico in the Mexican/American war by the United States, when it is better
argued that the annexation of Texas (1845) _caused_ the Mexican American
War, because. Please read below from Texas State Library and Archives
Commission. I was going to cut and paste, but I thought you might want the
URL.
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/annexation/ good summary
http://www.azteca.net/aztec/war/Mexican-American-War.html great expl. of
cause of Mex/Amer war.
m bachofen
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