A bill to allow for a referendum on whether Texas should secede from the United States was filed

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DO NOT retain the right to secede at will. They tried that once already. They failed. It blows my mind how many believe this BS. And how many know so little about their state. Then again, it's not like you learn anything truthful in Texas History. I was born and raised there, it's all fluff and whitewash. Yeah, they came in by treaty, because they were afraid of loosing their slaves.

What caused Texas to join the union?
His official motivation was to outmaneuver suspected diplomatic efforts by the British government for the emancipation of slaves in Texas, which would undermine slavery in the United States. Through secret negotiations with the Houston administration, Tyler secured a treaty of annexation in April 1844.

On June 23, 1845, a joint resolution of the Congress of Texas voted in favor of annexation by the United States. The leaders of the republic first voted for annexation in 1836, soon after gaining independence from Mexico, but the U.S. Congress was unwilling to admit another state that permitted slavery.

On December 27, 1845, U.S. President James K. Polk signed the annexation bill into law and formally recognized Texas as the 28th state of the Union.