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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, March 2 marks the anniversary of that historic day |
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| 6 | 7 | | in 1836 when residents of Texas officially declared their |
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| 7 | 8 | | independence from Mexico, thereby giving birth to the independent |
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| 8 | 9 | | republic that would stand on its own for more than nine years before |
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| 9 | 10 | | becoming the 28th state of the United States of America; and |
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| 10 | 11 | | WHEREAS, The proud Texans who issued the call for |
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| 11 | 12 | | independence were impelled by Mexican dictator Antonio López de |
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| 12 | 13 | | Santa Anna's adoption of a new constitution in 1836, which |
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| 13 | 14 | | eliminated all vestiges of states' rights for Texas and other |
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| 14 | 15 | | Mexican states; members of the Convention of 1836 met at |
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| 15 | 16 | | Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 1 of that fateful year and wrote |
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| 16 | 17 | | the Texas Declaration of Independence; as they gathered, the |
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| 17 | 18 | | valiant defenders of the Alamo were facing off against the troops of |
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| 18 | 19 | | Santa Anna, and the Texas revolutionaries had reached a crucial |
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| 19 | 20 | | point in their campaign for greater political freedom; and |
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| 20 | 21 | | WHEREAS, A free and independent Republic of Texas was |
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| 21 | 22 | | officially declared on March 2, 1836; stating the views of the |
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| 22 | 23 | | delegates in no uncertain terms, the Texas Declaration of |
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| 23 | 24 | | Independence listed their grievances against the Mexican |
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| 24 | 25 | | government and announced their bold conclusion: "that the people of |
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| 25 | 26 | | Texas do now constitute a free, Sovereign, and independent |
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| 26 | 27 | | republic, and are fully invested with all the rights and attributes |
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| 27 | 28 | | which properly belong to independent nations"; and |
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| 28 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Winning that independence on the battlefield would |
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| 29 | 30 | | take another six weeks and the lives of many brave Texans, but with |
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| 30 | 31 | | this remarkable proclamation, the 59 signatories of the Texas |
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| 31 | 32 | | Declaration of Independence had enunciated a vision of liberty, |
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| 32 | 33 | | independence, and just government and charted a dramatic new course |
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| 33 | 34 | | for the land they called home; now, therefore, be it |
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| 34 | 35 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 35 | 36 | | Legislature hereby commemorate Texas Independence Day 2022 and pay |
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| 36 | 37 | | tribute to the immense contributions of those individuals who |
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| 37 | 38 | | helped to found the Republic of Texas. |
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