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Discover what role Texas played in helping the United States achieve its "Manifest Destiny" of stretching from coast to coast. As the only state to have been it

After Texas earned its freedom from Mexico through a bloody revolution, its leaders were divided over whether Texas should join the United States. Through numer

Few states have gone the route that Texas did to become part of the Union. First a part of Spain, then Mexico, Texas faced a very uncertain future when it opted

Texas had a long journey to American statehood. The region changed hands many times. After Texas earned its freedom from Mexico through a bloody revolution, its