Republic of Texas

The Republic of Texas was an independent state from 1836 to 1845, formed after breaking from Mexico and later annexed by the United States.

Texas Revolution: A war from 1835 to 1836 in which Texian forces separated Texas from Mexico. The revolution established the independence the republic claimed.
Constitution of the Republic of Texas: The 1836 constitution that established the Republic of Texas's government and defined its powers and citizenship. It supplied the legal framework for the republic's institutions.
Sam Houston: A military and political leader who served as president of the Republic of Texas and later as a U.S. senator. His support for annexation helped determine the republic's political future.
Texas annexation: The process by which the United States incorporated the Republic of Texas as a state in 1845. Annexation ended the republic and transferred its sovereignty to the United States.
Texas statehood: The admission of Texas to the United States as its twenty-eighth state in 1845. Statehood replaced the republic's independent government with U.S. federal status.
Texas Declaration of Independence: The March 1836 declaration in which delegates announced Texas's separation from Mexico. It formally stated the republic's founding claim to sovereignty.
Texas Congress: The bicameral legislature of the Republic of Texas, comprising a Senate and House of Representatives. It made laws and managed the republic's finances and territorial claims.
Mirabeau B. Lamar: The second president of the Republic of Texas, serving from 1838 to 1841. His administration pursued independence and expansion rather than immediate U.S. annexation.
Texas–United States relations: The diplomatic and political relationship between the Republic of Texas and the United States before annexation. Debates over recognition, debt, slavery, and annexation shaped the republic's options.
Republic of California: A short-lived insurgent regime proclaimed in 1846 by American settlers in Mexican California. Its brief existence contrasts with Texas's nearly decade-long independent statehood.

Linked from 14 pages