texas split into 5 states
Claim: A clause in the document annexing Texas to the United States allowed for Texas to be divided into five different states. [1]
If Texas was actually seceding, I would definitely move back home. [2]
I’m not saying that other states won’t muster the gumption to stand and secede, but Texas has the history to prove it. [3]
This morning, I was rummaging through my news reader and found this article, Texas Facts, with a list of twenty-two facts, including number 14. [4]
As for Texas, it’s a myth that Texas has the right to secede from the union. [5]
Texas is the only state to enter the U.S. by TREATY, (known as the Constitution of 1845 by the Republic of Texas to enter the Union) instead of by annexation. [4]
We just need to readopt the Constitution as amended with one additional amendment. [2]
They like to talk about how the Obama administration has supposedly done away with the entire Constitution in the last 40 days, without any evidence that this is the case. [3]
The US state of Oklahoma almost entered the Union as two states ‘ Oklahoma and Sequoyah. [6]
It offers a good history of the creation of West Virginia from the northwestern territory of Virginia in 1863, when the pro-Union counties of the northwest part of the state declared a government in exile and consented to the Union’s partition of Virginia. [7]
The first condition concerned legal boundaries of the Republic and the second outlined the properties the Republic would relinquish to the United States upon entry. [4]
Most of these seems fine, but the fact that California is considering it is mind boggling, since most of the politicians they elect are pushing for it. [2]
When Texas entered the union, they decided to keep the state intact, but they still have the option to split the state if they wish, but the state can not leave the United States as it clearly states in the Constitution that no state may do that, and the Constitution applies to Texas. [5]
Your online source for flag news and information! [4]
Georgia is a country, not a state / province of Russia. [5]
Sources:
[1] snopes.com: Texas Dividing into Five States
[2] Texas secedes from the Union : Controversial Issues Forum
[3] I may run for president of Texas, page 1
[4] The Daily Flag ” Blog Archive ” Myth Busting and the Texas Flag
[5] Would the US allow Texas to leave & form its own country?
[6] 147 - The Stillborn State of Sequoyah ” Strange Maps
[7] Can Texas split itself into five states? Is West Virginia legal …