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Texas Congress Accepts U.S. Annexation Proposal

Category Republic & Statehood
Date June 16, 1845
Country United States

Meeting in special session, the Congress of the Republic accepted the United States annexation proposal instead of a conditional Mexican offer to recognize continued independence.

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