From 1836 to 1846, Texas existed as an independent sovereign nation. It was independent of Mexico and also not a part of the ...

The last man to serve as president for the Republic of Texas was Anson Jones. While he guided Texas to statehood, his life ...

He produced a declaration of independence similar to the famous American document. His fellow delegates unanimously approved Childress's declaration, and the Republic of Texas was born.

(The five-point star had emerged as a symbol of enlightenment and defiance against tyranny—and would remain a motif for the flag of the Texas Republic.) A year later at Sonoma, a small band of ...

On this day, delegates at Washington-on-the-Brazos signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, officially breaking away ...

On March 2, 1836, the first Texans declared independence from Mexico, and the Republic of Texas formed. Now, 189 years later, ...