Interesting: Texas has been the most active state advocating succession. It originated over the issue of state sovereign rights in the 1800s. Then in the 1990s over the Branch Davidian incident. Most recently over the reelection of Obama:
After the 2012 presidential election, bumper stickers and signs saying "secede" began appearing in Texas.[30] The election also triggered a wave of petitions on the White House "We the People" website. While the Texas petition was not first to appear, it overtook those of the other states with over 125,000 signatures, well above the 25,000 to trigger a response.[13][26] The petition stated that secession would "protect the original ideas and beliefs of our founding fathers which are no longer being reflected by the federal government" and defend Texans from "blatant abuses to their rights"[31] The Texas secession petition was followed by one allowing Austin to secede from Texas and stay part of the union.[31] The White House issued a 476-word response rejecting the idea.[/quot.
A lot of difference in us and them we are the only sovereign nation that joined
Secondly they wouldn't even exist had we not joined
Measured by its results, San Jacinto was one of the decisive battles of the world. The freedom of Texas from Mexico won here led to annexation and to the Mexican–American War, resulting in the acquisition by the United States of the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, Utah and parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas and Oklahoma. Almost one-third of the present area of the American Nation, nearly a million square miles of territory, changed sovereignty.
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