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For nine years Texas was an independent nation – appearing as such on maps from

the Mexican navy began regular attacks on the ships sailing to and from Texas

Texas fascinated the Europeans as a splendid opportunity for settling on the frontier and beginning to live the American Dream

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Dodson Flag - The First "Lone Star" texas-oil-and-gas-collection For nine years Texas wasThe first Constitutional Convention met at Washington on the Brazos on March 1st, 1836. Most of the delegates were under 40 years old, and all had been elected for the express purpose of declaring the independence of Texas from Mexico and forming a government for the new republic. No one knew when they all might have to leave to fight the advancing Mexican army. On the opening day a "Norther" blew through and the temperature inside the meeting hall a