More than 50 House Democrats have signed on to a plan to spike all constitutional amendments unless the House allows voters ...

Resolved . . . , That Congress doth consent that the territory properly included within, and rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the State ...

March 2nd until April 21st marks the critical era between the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Battle of San Jacinto ...

Mineola, authored a resolution to make the cannon the official state gun of Texas. On April 10, the resolution passed the ...

Agustín de Iturbide abdicates as Emperor of Mexico and the territory, including Texas, is organized as a republic. The Mexican Congress grants Texans a seven-year exemption from Mexican tariffs.

Brazos, historians have said that this occasion marked the official time and place that Texas declared its independence.

The last act of Polk's predecessor, John Tyler, had been to annex the Republic of Texas in 1845. Polk wanted to lay claim to California, New Mexico, and land near the disputed southern border of ...

The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association Vol. 13, No. 3, Jan., 1910 Recognition of the Republic of Texas by ... Recognition of the Republic of Texas by the United States This is the ...

An East Texas home built by one of the first Anglo settlers in the region will be designated a historic site by Daughters of the Republic of Texas. The Gaines-Oliphint House is on the Texas-Louisiana ...