2006-06-27 09:08:38 · 10 answers · asked by sm2005plus 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Great question!
2006-06-27 09:10:40 · answer #1 · answered by Truth Seeker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The other posters pretty well covered the question. I just have to correct the Sergeant - California was "the Bear Republic" from late 1848 until September 9, 1850, when the state was admitted to the Union. Californians won their independence from Mexico, too.
In both California and Texas, this was done largely by "filibusters," people who came from out-of-state, linked up with recent American immigrants to the territory, and then fomented rebellion. There really wasn't much difference between them and that bunch of French mercenaries that tried the same thing on some East African coast island states some years back. But in Texas and California, the attempt to steal the territories from Mexico succeeded - the Frenchmen all went to prison. Legend made heroes of the rebellious people from the two states, but fact is they were not especially heroic - just greedy rabble rousers who got lucky.
In addition, most of the Southern states that seceded were for brief periods independent sovereign entities until joining the Confederacy - at least in their views. Louisiana was one, for about a month, from later January to late February, 1861.
As for Texas, it is absolutely a state of mind. An unbalanced one.
2006-06-27 09:22:25 · answer #2 · answered by Der Lange 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all idiot, we do not live in a democracy, but a representative republic, and secondly to the other idiot, we are not the Republic of Texas anymore, since President Sam Houston asked to join the United States. Of course Texas was the ONLY state to be it's own sovereign country, and to win it's freedom from another.
2006-06-27 09:15:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we are neither a democratic society nor are we imperialists. The United States is a republic.
2006-06-27 09:12:43 · answer #4 · answered by kelly24592 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually if you look it up we are a Republic, not a democracry. Partly due to the fact that we use the Electoral College, not straight vote counting.
2006-06-27 11:34:01 · answer #5 · answered by vonwasden 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love these questions that make unfounded assumptions. What makes you think we live under imperialism?
2006-06-27 09:12:19 · answer #6 · answered by Allen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GWB will be gone soon, along with his bunch of cronies, he lied to take America to war, the greatest tragedy ever in our history
2006-06-27 09:13:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is Texas still the Republic of Texas when we aren't?
2006-06-27 09:11:51 · answer #8 · answered by susuze2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
coz we are brain washed by our awesome media!!!
2006-06-27 09:14:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I honestly don't know.
2006-06-27 09:11:06 · answer #10 · answered by Pitchow! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋