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(92,995 posts) Fri Jan 26, 2024, 08:40 PM Jan 2024

One of the main reasons Texas joined the US was because it couldn't protect itself from Mexico [View all]

Živilee 🇺🇲🇧🇦🇺🇦 @zivinilee
One of the main reasons Texas joined the US was because it couldn't protect itself from Mexico. It needed help and protection by the US. Paxton is an example of what happens when you play a Texan on tv, but aren't from Texas or don't know its history.

Acyn @Acyn
Paxton: There’s no way that Texas would’ve joined the Union if that meant we couldn’t protect ourselves

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see: Mexican-American War

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One of the main reasons Texas joined the US was because it couldn't protect itself from Mexico [View all] bigtree Jan 2024 OP

Please give Texas back gopiscrap Jan 2024 #1

You took the words right out of my mouth. Wonder Why Jan 2024 #2

Said the same thing elsewhere recently Jarqui Jan 2024 #5

And Texas did not want to be part of Mexico because Sneederbunk Jan 2024 #3

In the end, most of 19th Century US history (the first 70 years anyway) was about slavery... Wounded Bear Jan 2024 #7

Ahistorical nonsense... WarGamer Jan 2024 #4

we'll just ignore the U.S. troops that fought that war. bigtree Jan 2024 #8

I'm not talking about the Mexican-American War... that was a decade later. WarGamer Jan 2024 #9

Mexican - American War April 25, 1846 ended February 3, 1848 bigtree Jan 2024 #12

All correct. Like I said earlier. WarGamer Jan 2024 #16

Slave states were desperate for TX to join the Union as a slave state, so they wouldn't lose parity in the Senate. eppur_se_muova Jan 2024 #6

LOL former9thward Jan 2024 #10

the war that guaranteed the independence from Mexico that Texas spent a decade fighting to achieve? bigtree Jan 2024 #13

Remember the Alamo? This is amusing, but it's really not accurate. Texas had already won a war against Mexico. LauraInLA Jan 2024 #11

they were still fighting long after that bigtree Jan 2024 #14

and all the rest of the states joined for noble reasons 😅 🙄 nt Raine Jan 2024 #15

"We stole it fair & square" - the mantra of some Texans UTUSN Jan 2024 #17