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Yes, you read that right: the state was its own independent nation from 1836-1846, carved out of Mexico after a rebellion of both American settlers from the neighboring South and Hispanic Tejanos over the authoritarianism of Mexican President Santa Anna, the abrogation of the Mexican Constitution, the refusal of Mexico to defend Texan settlements from Native American raids, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Mexico's anti-slavery policies]]. The U.S. delayed annexing it for a decade in part to avoid war with Mexico and in part to keep the issue of expanding slavery from dividing the nation, but expansion was hugely popular and UsefulNotes/JamesKPolk pulled the trigger, helping to start the UsefulNotes/MexicanAmericanWar.[[note]]The Republic's government claimed even more vast tracts of land than the current borders, including most of present-day UsefulNotes/NewMexico and parts of [[UsefulNotes/OklahomaUSA Oklahoma]], UsefulNotes/{{Colorado}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Wyoming}}; the fed cut that down to its current shape in part to curb the spread of slavery.[[/note]] To encourage Texas to agree to give up being a separate country and join the United States, it got one special privilege and one special permission in its admission. First, all public domain land in Texas belongs to the State of Texas (everywhere else, public domain land remained the property of the U.S. Government). Second, ''without further action of Congress'', Texas can, at any time, divide itself into as many as ''five'' states. The joke coming from that is that it will never happen, because none of the new states to be created could agree on which one got to keep the Alamo.

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Yes, you read that right: the state was its own independent nation from 1836-1846, carved out of Mexico after a rebellion of both American settlers from the neighboring South and Hispanic Tejanos over the authoritarianism of Mexican President Santa Anna, the abrogation of the Mexican Constitution, the refusal of Mexico to defend Texan settlements from Native American raids, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Mexico's anti-slavery policies]]. Afterwards, though there were some nationalists who wanted to maintain independence, most Texans sought annexation to the United States. The U.S. delayed annexing it for a decade in part to avoid war with Mexico and in part to keep the issue of expanding slavery from dividing the nation, but expansion was hugely popular and UsefulNotes/JamesKPolk pulled the trigger, helping to start the UsefulNotes/MexicanAmericanWar.[[note]]The Republic's government claimed even more vast tracts of land than the current borders, including most of present-day UsefulNotes/NewMexico and parts of [[UsefulNotes/OklahomaUSA Oklahoma]], UsefulNotes/{{Colorado}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Wyoming}}; the fed cut that down to its current shape in part to curb the spread of slavery.[[/note]] To encourage Texas to agree to give up being a separate country and join the United States, it got one special privilege and one special permission in its admission. First, all public domain land in Texas belongs to the State of Texas (everywhere else, public domain land remained the property of the U.S. Government). Second, ''without further action of Congress'', Texas can, at any time, divide itself into as many as ''five'' states. The joke coming from that is that it will never happen, because none of the new states to be created could agree on which one got to keep the Alamo.
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The Texas Revolution was more complex than that, but slavery was still a factor. Also Hispanic Tejanos overwhelmingly backed independence as well.


Yes, you read that right: the state was its own independent nation from 1836-1846, carved out of Mexico after a rebellion of American settlers from the neighboring South who wanted to preserve their right... to own slaves. The U.S. delayed annexing it for a decade in part to avoid war with Mexico and in part to keep the issue of expanding slavery from dividing the nation, but expansion was hugely popular and UsefulNotes/JamesKPolk pulled the trigger, helping to start the UsefulNotes/MexicanAmericanWar.[[note]]The Republic's government claimed even more vast tracts of land than the current borders, including most of present-day UsefulNotes/NewMexico and parts of [[UsefulNotes/OklahomaUSA Oklahoma]], UsefulNotes/{{Colorado}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Wyoming}}; the fed cut that down to its current shape in part to curb the spread of slavery.[[/note]] To encourage Texas to agree to give up being a separate country and join the United States, it got one special privilege and one special permission in its admission. First, all public domain land in Texas belongs to the State of Texas (everywhere else, public domain land remained the property of the U.S. Government). Second, ''without further action of Congress'', Texas can, at any time, divide itself into as many as ''five'' states. The joke coming from that is that it will never happen, because none of the new states to be created could agree on which one got to keep the Alamo.

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Yes, you read that right: the state was its own independent nation from 1836-1846, carved out of Mexico after a rebellion of both American settlers from the neighboring South who wanted and Hispanic Tejanos over the authoritarianism of Mexican President Santa Anna, the abrogation of the Mexican Constitution, the refusal of Mexico to preserve their right... to own slaves.defend Texan settlements from Native American raids, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Mexico's anti-slavery policies]]. The U.S. delayed annexing it for a decade in part to avoid war with Mexico and in part to keep the issue of expanding slavery from dividing the nation, but expansion was hugely popular and UsefulNotes/JamesKPolk pulled the trigger, helping to start the UsefulNotes/MexicanAmericanWar.[[note]]The Republic's government claimed even more vast tracts of land than the current borders, including most of present-day UsefulNotes/NewMexico and parts of [[UsefulNotes/OklahomaUSA Oklahoma]], UsefulNotes/{{Colorado}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Wyoming}}; the fed cut that down to its current shape in part to curb the spread of slavery.[[/note]] To encourage Texas to agree to give up being a separate country and join the United States, it got one special privilege and one special permission in its admission. First, all public domain land in Texas belongs to the State of Texas (everywhere else, public domain land remained the property of the U.S. Government). Second, ''without further action of Congress'', Texas can, at any time, divide itself into as many as ''five'' states. The joke coming from that is that it will never happen, because none of the new states to be created could agree on which one got to keep the Alamo.

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Texas' love of high school UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball can be clearly seen from the storied Permian High School Panthers (a real team from Odessa), who were chronicled in ''Film/FridayNightLights''. In fact, for many rural areas, weekly high school sporting events are the biggest non-religious social event in town, with about ninety-eight percent of the town out in the stands every game. The other two percent are on the field. Admittedly, this is true for most of rural America, not just Texas, but Texas does have a good claim of being the most football-crazed state in the nation: [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague the Dallas Cowboys]] are the most highly valued franchise in ''all of sports'' due to Texans' devotion to the team, and the state boasts a laundry list of [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball major college programs]] including six schools in the [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootballPower5Conferences "Power 5" conferences]] (Baylor, Houston, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech) that have produced superstars or earned national attention.

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Texas' love of high school UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball can be clearly seen from the storied Permian High School Panthers (a real team from Odessa), who were chronicled in ''Film/FridayNightLights''. In fact, for many rural areas, weekly high school sporting events are the biggest non-religious social event in town, with about ninety-eight percent of the town out in the stands every game. The other two percent are on the field. Admittedly, this is true for most of rural America, not just Texas, but Texas does have a good claim of being the most football-crazed state in the nation: [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague the Dallas Cowboys]] are the most highly valued franchise in ''all of sports'' due to Texans' devotion to the team, and the state boasts a laundry list of [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball major college programs]] including six schools in the [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootballPower5Conferences "Power 5" conferences]] UsefulNotes/PowerFiveConferences (Baylor, Houston, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech) Tech)[[note]]And soon to be seven with SMU joining the ACC in 2024.[[/note]] and seven in the UsefulNotes/GroupOfFiveConferences (North Texas, Rice, Sam Houston, SMU, Texas State, UTEP, and UTSA) that have produced superstars or earned national attention.
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->''"Don't mess with Texas."''
-->-- '''Texas Department of Transportation'''
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Unfortunately, some writers will [[EverythingIsBigInTexas represent Texas as a backward state]], a mashup of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest. This is very untrue, as we'll see below. That being said, there are Texans that aren't afraid to act the stereotype of the BoisterousBruiser intentionally to mess with non-Texans (especially when out of state), as it's practically a sport - especially when a native is [[AskAStupidQuestion asked a stupid question]] they've probably heard a thousand times before (no, not every Texan owns a gun and/or wears cowboy boots). Truth be told, Texans tend to be rather proud of their state heritage. While this kind of local nationalism is not unusual with many US states, it's to the point where if ask a Texan where they're from in the world, they'll likely say he's from ''Texas'' rather than America.

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Unfortunately, some writers will [[EverythingIsBigInTexas represent Texas as a backward state]], a mashup of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest. This is very untrue, as we'll see below. That being said, there are Texans that aren't afraid to act the stereotype of the BoisterousBruiser intentionally to mess with non-Texans (especially when out of state), as it's practically a sport - especially when a native is [[AskAStupidQuestion asked a stupid question]] they've probably heard a thousand times before (no, not every Texan owns a gun and/or wears cowboy boots). Truth be told, Texans tend to be rather proud of their state heritage. While this kind of local nationalism is not unusual with many US states, it's to the point where if ask one asks a Texan where they're from in the world, from, they'll likely say he's from ''Texas'' first identify as being a ''Texan'' rather than America.
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Unfortunately, some writers will [[EverythingIsBigInTexas represent Texas as a backward state]], a mashup of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest. This is very untrue, as we'll see below. That being said, there are Texans that aren't afraid to act the stereotype of the BoisterousBruiser intentionally to mess with non-Texans (especially when out of state), as it's practically a sport - especially when a native is [[AskAStupidQuestion asked a stupid question]] they've probably heard a thousand times before (no, not every Texan owns a gun or wears cowboy boots). Truth be told, Texans tend to be rather proud of their state heritage, to the point that it can be considered a form of local nationalism. Ask a Texan where they're from, anywhere in the world, and they'll likely say he's from ''Texas'' rather than America.

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Unfortunately, some writers will [[EverythingIsBigInTexas represent Texas as a backward state]], a mashup of the DeepSouth and TheWildWest. This is very untrue, as we'll see below. That being said, there are Texans that aren't afraid to act the stereotype of the BoisterousBruiser intentionally to mess with non-Texans (especially when out of state), as it's practically a sport - especially when a native is [[AskAStupidQuestion asked a stupid question]] they've probably heard a thousand times before (no, not every Texan owns a gun or and/or wears cowboy boots). Truth be told, Texans tend to be rather proud of their state heritage, heritage. While this kind of local nationalism is not unusual with many US states, it's to the point that it can be considered a form of local nationalism. Ask where if ask a Texan where they're from, anywhere from in the world, and they'll likely say he's from ''Texas'' rather than America.
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* Creator/DiannaAgron (born in UsefulNotes/{{Georgia}}, raised in San Antonio)

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* Wrestling/JakeRoberts (born in Gainsville, raised in UsefulNotes/{{Georgia}})

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First, about the name. The word "Texas" is a strange one; it comes from the Caddo word for "friend", roughly transcribed as ''taisha'', so named because the local Caddo-speaking tribes were friends/allies of the Spaniards coming up from Mexico. In Old Spanish, this would be written as "Texa", "x" being pronounce as "sh" in Old Spanish. (This sound has merged with "j" in [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Modern Spanish]], hence the Modern Spanish terms "Tejas" for the state and "Tejano" for the Hispanic people with roots in the region.) For some reason, the Spanish plural "s" (same as English) was appended to "Texa" to create "Texas". It should come as no surprise then that for all of the Lone Star State's famous individualism and crotchetiness, its state motto is the fuzzy and communitarian "Friendship".

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First, about the name. The word "Texas" is a strange one; it comes from the language of the Caddo peoples who historically inhabited East Texas. The state takes its name from their word for "friend", roughly transcribed as ''taisha'', so named because the local Caddo-speaking tribes were friends/allies of the Spaniards coming up from Mexico. In Old Spanish, this would be written as "Texa", "x" being pronounce as "sh" in Old Spanish. (This sound has merged with "j" in [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Modern Spanish]], hence the Modern Spanish terms "Tejas" for the state and "Tejano" for the Hispanic people with roots in the region.) For some reason, the Spanish plural "s" (same as English) was appended to "Texa" to create "Texas". It should come as no surprise then that for all of the Lone Star State's famous individualism and crotchetiness, its state motto is the fuzzy and communitarian "Friendship".
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First, about the name. The word "Texas" is a strange one; it comes from the Caddo word for "friend", roughly transcribed as ''taisha'', so named because the local Caddo-speaking tribes were friends/allies of the Spaniards coming up from Mexico. In Old Spanish, this would be written as "Texa", "x" being pronounce as "sh" in Old Spanish. For some reason, the Spanish plural "s" (same as English) was appended to "Texa" to create "Texas". It should come as no surprise then that for all of the Lone Star State's famous individualism and crotchetiness, its state motto is the fuzzy and communitarian "Friendship".

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First, about the name. The word "Texas" is a strange one; it comes from the Caddo word for "friend", roughly transcribed as ''taisha'', so named because the local Caddo-speaking tribes were friends/allies of the Spaniards coming up from Mexico. In Old Spanish, this would be written as "Texa", "x" being pronounce as "sh" in Old Spanish. (This sound has merged with "j" in [[UsefulNotes/SpanishLanguage Modern Spanish]], hence the Modern Spanish terms "Tejas" for the state and "Tejano" for the Hispanic people with roots in the region.) For some reason, the Spanish plural "s" (same as English) was appended to "Texa" to create "Texas". It should come as no surprise then that for all of the Lone Star State's famous individualism and crotchetiness, its state motto is the fuzzy and communitarian "Friendship".

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