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| The Republic of Texas was larger than the current state of Texas. |
“When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty and propertyof the people...We, therefore...do hereby resolve and declare...that the people of Texas do now constitute a free, Sovereign, and independent republic...”
On
this day, proud Texans celebrate this day in 1836, when Texas adopted
the Texas Declaration of Independence and broke away from Mexico,
creating the Republic of Texas. This independent nation existed for
ten years before Texas joined the United States of America.
During
those ten years, Texas had a Congress with 14 senators and 29
representatives, a president, and a court system—all roughly copied
from the U.S. system. I got to wondering if the nation had its own
money, and I found out that some stores passed out paper money good
only in that store, some Texan cities printed their own money—good
in that city only—and the Republic of Texas printed money, too. But
the Texan money could only be used to pay taxes—it was pretty much
worthless inside and outside the nation! Also, Texas didn't produce
any coins.
Find
out more about Texas's mostly worthless money here. (One thing that
interested me was that each bill was hand-signed by the treasurer,
instead of having the signature printed on the bills. Can you
imagine that working today?)
Find
out more about the Texas Declaration of Independence here.
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