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| | Republic of Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | On October 13 of the same year, a majority of voters in the Republic approved a proposed constitution that was later accepted by the US Congress, making Texas a U.S. state on the same day annexation took effect (therefore bypassing a territorial phase). | | | Its southern and western-most boundary with Mexico was under dispute throughout the lifetime of the Republic, with Texas claiming that the boundary was the Rio Grande and Mexico claiming the Nueces River as the boundary. | | | The Republic of Texas was a short-lived country in North America between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to 1845. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Texas
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| | BIGpedia - Texas - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online |
| | Texas can claim that 'Six Flags' have flown over its soil: the Fleur-de-lis of France, and the national flags of Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the United States of America and the Confederate States of America. | | | The Republic of Texas included all the area now included in the state of Texas, although its self-proclaimed western and northwestern borders extended as far west as Santa Fe and as far northwest as present-day Wyoming, respectively. | | | Texas has a total of 254 counties, each run by a county commissioners' court headed by an elected "county judge". |
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http://www.bigpedia.com/encyclopedia/Texas
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| | Still true today: 'The Republic of Texas is no more' |
| | But now, a beleaguered group calling itself the Republic of Texas is capturing headlines with its claim that Texas annexation violated the United States Constitution. | | | By RALPH H. "The Republic of Texas is no more," proclaimed Anson Jones, the last president of the republic, as he stood on the steps of the old wooden Capitol building in Austin and hauled down the Lone Star flag. | | | The self-styled Republic of Texas has taken its argument to the Supreme Court of Texas, which dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction. |
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http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/editorial/97/05/01/brock.0-1.html
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| | Handbook of Texas Online: REPUBLIC OF TEXAS |
| | of Louisiana to be chargé d'affaires to the Republic of Texas. | | | Texas offered land scrip or land at fifty cents an acre, when public land in the United States was $1.25 an acre, but the republic actually made few sales. | | | Texas was threatened by "an immense disparity of physical force on the side of Mexico," which might recover its lost dominion. |
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http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/RR/mzr2.html
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| | Texas News |
| | Republic of Texas members contend that the state was unlawfully annexed as a state by Congress in 1845. | | | Republic of Texas leaders warn of possible siege | | | Republic of Texas members contacted Sunday from the two factions not associated with McLaren said they did not support McLaren but some indicated concern that the situation could escalate into a more serious situation. |
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http://www.texnews.com/texas97/rep2042897.html
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| | Republic of Texas (group) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Republic of Texas is an independence movement that claims that the annexation of Texas by the United States was illegal and that Texas remains an independent nation under occupation. | | | He claimed that the sliver of land which contains Aspen was a part of the original Republic of Texas and, as such, he was not a citizen of the United States. | | | The original Republic held treaties with the United States, the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom and the short-lived Republic of the Yucatan. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Texas_(group)
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| | The "Republic of Texas" |
| | Republic of Texas?: Anti-government group declares Lone Star state a sovereign nation. | | | Republic of Texas members refuse to appear in court. | | | Republic of Texas leader jailed after issuing property liens. |
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http://personalwebs.myriad.net/steveb/rot.html
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| | Twilight of New Spanish Texas |
| | Ripley was invited by Long's Supreme Council of the Republic of Texas to become President and ex-officio Commander in Chief of the armies and navies. | | | Texas was decimated during the death throes of the royal government and its successful attempts to repel illegal immigration, filibustering and independence movements. | | | The group is thought to have been encouraged by General Andrew Jackson and others in high echelons of the USA government, although official policy of the United States was neutrality in regard to Spain. |
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http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/Spain3.htm
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| | Republic of Texas? - Anti-government group declares Lone Star state a sovereign nation |
| | The Montana freeman, for example, who like the Republic of Texas members consider themselves a separate government with their own court system, have been holding federal agents at bay for more than a month. | | | Texas is the only one of the contiguous 48 states to have been its own country, from 1836 to 1845 The allure of the Republic is so intense that eight attempts have been made over the years to return to nationhood. | | | No acts of violence have been attributed to the Republic of Texas, but authorities are wary of the group, which is forming an armed militia and wants to take over the government. |
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http://personalwebs.myriad.net/steveb/rot1.html
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| | "Republic of Texas" Again Pushes for Independence |
| | From a newly established 'capitol' in the east Texas town of Overton, Daniel Miller, President of the Republic of Texas Interim Government, says a desire to be free, combined with ballooning concerns over rising taxes and property rights, will convince more Texans to support a 'referendum' on whether Texas should become an independent nation. | | | "From a newly established 'capitol' in the east Texas town of Overton, Daniel Miller, President of the Republic of Texas Interim Government..." | | | The separatist Republic of Texas group, which largely dissolved after an abortive uprising in the Davis Mountains left several of its leaders dead or in prison in 1997, has reformed, and is again pushing its message that Texas should be a free and independent nation, 1200 WOAI news reported today. |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1350236/posts
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| | The Republic of Texas By Franklin Foer |
| | The latest ultraright rumbling comes from remote West Texas, where a militia-allied group has proclaimed itself the lawful government of the independent Republic of Texas. | | | McLaren, a vociferous opponent of all taxation, declared in 1995 his unique finding that the United States has never legally annexed Texas. | | | ROT members have declared war on both the federal government and the state of Texas, which they view as illegitimate "occupiers" of their nation. |
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http://www.slate.com/id/1057
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| | First Republic of Texas |
| | On 6 Apr 1813, Gutiérrez declared the province of Texas independent of Spain and introduced the first Constitution of Texas, which was more Centralist than Republican. | | | de Lara, President of the first Republic of Texas, attempted to reconvert the turncoat insurgent/royalist Col. Ignacio Elizondo, who return to the royalist fold was instrumental in eventual capture of Hidalgo. | | | From the view in the east, Texas was the next frontier of opportunity, an arena in which to continue execution of the pioneering frontier spirit of political and economic freedom that began on the Atlantic coast in the second half of the 18th century. |
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http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/Spain2.htm
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| | State denies Republic of Texas use of Capitol |
| | AUSTIN (AP) - The Republic of Texas group, which contends that Texas isn't a state but a nation, can't use the state's Capitol to hold a "hearing'' on its claim. | | | The Capitol controversy is the latest in a growing list of disputes between the Republic and the state and federal authorities. | | | Republic members contend that Texas was unlawfully annexed by Congress in 1845. |
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http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/010397/st2ate.htm
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| | Standoff lacks Republic's support |
| | Reports of a state of war declared by the Republic of Texas on the state of Texas were also made by McLaren. | | | In light of the standoff between former Republic of Texas Ambassador Richard McLaren and the Texas Department of Public Safety in Fort Davis, one member of the republic was quick to distance himself from McLaren's followers and other splinter groups. | | | Although these splinter groups may call themselves the Republic of Texas, they are not associated with the Republic of Texas anymore and are considered followers of McLaren's splinter group, Sanders said. |
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http://www.stp.uh.edu/vol62/146/News/News4/News4.html
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| | Texas News |
| | A leader of the Republic movement, which contends Texas was illegally annexed by the United States in 1845, said Tuesday's action doesn't carry much weight with him. | | | "Since that time, this Republic of Texas group has gotten a lot of attention for engaging in these activities, but honestly, the original impetus for this bill came from my meeting with the county clerks," he said. | | | A state judge has ordered the Republic group to stop filing fraudulent documents, but group leaders have said they don't recognize the judge's actions. |
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http://www.texnews.com/texas97/phony031997.html
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| | CNN - Charges filed against Republic of Texas members as standoff continues - April 29, 1997 |
| | Criminal warrants sought in Texas standoff - April 28, 1997 | | | Republic members who had been holed up in the Rowe house have relinquished control of the neighbors' residence and are now at an unknown location in the area. | | | But officials have beefed up the law enforcement presence surrounding the group, and McLaren vowed to fight any "invasion" of his turf. |
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http://www.cnn.com/US/9704/29/texas.militia.am
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| | Pecos Enterprise, News |
| | Republic of Texas fugitive vowed to `die fighting' | | | Republic of Texas who split off from the militant group after the others | | | Texas police was wanted by Alameda County authorities for more than a |
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http://www.pecos.net/news/arch97/050697r.htm
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| | Stumpy Moose - republic of Texas |
| | The ousted Republic of Texas members appear to have formed an offshoot group calling for the "lawful restoration of the Republic of Texas." The leaders believe secession is unnecessary because Texas was illegally annexed in the first place. | | | "Texans should stop feeling guilty about having a strange Texas culture that's different than the rest of the United States," Savage said. | | | The movement, which once refused to recognize state government as legitimate, has even turned to the state's courts, winning a judgment last summer against former members who reportedly made off with more than $800,000 from the organization. |
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http://www.stumpymoose.com/board/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4172
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| | CNN - Secessionists fighting for Texas - Jan. 11, 1997 |
| | The Republic's means of protesting has been to wage a "paper war" against the state of Texas, filing liens on $93 trillion worth of state property. | | | He says he and members of the Republic of Texas are peaceful people, He also says he will not be taken without a fight. | | | The group claims the 1845 annexation of Texas by the United States was illegal and the state remains an independent nation. |
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http://cnn.com/US/9701/11/republic.texas
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| | MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base |
| | In 1995, the RoT declared the state of Texas to be an independent Republic, and RoT "citizens" have been behaving as if that were the case ever since. | | | Many members of the Republic of Texas were upset by and openly critical of the criminal activities of McLaren, Grebe and Wise (although all three are listed as prisoners of war on the group's website). | | | Founding Philosophy: The Republic of Texas (RoT) is a group of people who believe that the United States never legally annexed the state of Texas and that Texas is therefore an independent nation. |
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http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=95
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| | Contact |
| | 90 Years of the Daughters, 6-7;Daughters of the Republic of Texas: Charter and Bylaws and Manual of Procedure (Austin: The Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Inc., 1996), "DRT Charter," 1-2. | | | Anson Jones, the widow of the last president of the Republic of Texas, was the first president of the DRT. | | | Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 90 Years of the Daughters: History of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (Waco, TX: Texian Press, 1981), 2, 5-6; Constitution and By-Laws of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (Houston: Gray's Printing Office, 1892), 11-12. |
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| | Republic of Texas Archives 1996 |
| | My office continues to pursue those individuals we believe are engaged in the filing of spurious liens and other misconduct, under the sponsorship of an organization known as the "Republic of Texas" (ROT), and similar groups. | | | In addition, ROT has created its own armed militia, contingents of which they variously describe as the "Texas Rangers", "Republic of Texas Militia" and "Republic of Texas Special Fomes". | | | Dist,) [specially assigned to District Judge Joseph H. Hart, 126th Judicial District Court, Travis County, Texas, at 1000 Guadalupe, Room 325, Austin, Texas 78701 ] |
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http://www.republic-of-texas.net/archive1996/morales102396.shtml
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| | Republic of Texas (group) - definition of Republic of Texas (group) in Encyclopedia |
| | The Republic of Texas is a separatist group which claims that the annexation of Texas by the United States was illegal and that Texas remains an independent nation under occupation. | | | In January of 2004, a man in prison in Aspen, Colorado claimed that the state of Colorado had no jurisdiction to extradite him to California on a probation warrant, on the grounds that he was a citizen of the Republic of Texas. | | | As the group's "provisional government" has also issued "bonds" which some seemingly unsophisticated investors apparently thought were legitimate bonds issued by the state (rather than the "republic") of Texas, some of the organizers have been accused of securities fraud. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Republic_of_Texas_(group)
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| | Republic of Texas Member Dies in Battle with Rangers |
| | The Republic of Texas movement is based on a disputed claim that Texas, then an independent country, was illegally annexed into the Union in 1845 by a joint resolution of Congress rather than a treaty. | | | One of two Republic of Texas members who fled into the mountains after refusing to surrender along with his comrades Saturday died in a gun battle Monday with state police. | | | The charges are in connection with the group's issuance of more than $1.8 billion in bogus Republic of Texas financial documents that were used to pay bills. |
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| | SPLCenter.org: Texas Group Planned 'Capital' |
| | Republic of Texas adherents believe that Texas was illegally annexed by the United States in 1845. | | | Leaders of the so-called Republic of Texas, an antigovernment separatist group whose leader has been sentenced to serve 111 years in prison, tried to purchase a four-story building and compound to serve as the group's "capital," officials say. | | | The official says that Jaikaran served as the Republic's financial adviser, although the Kingwood, Texas, plastic surgeon denies membership. |
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| | Republic of Texas group ordered to rescind letters |
| | AUSTIN (AP) - A state district judge found the Republic of Texas group and its top leaders in contempt of court Monday for trying to take over state bank accounts. | | | The Republic group, which would not reveal its membership, claims the annexation of Texas in 1845 was illegal. | | | Hart told officials from Attorney General Dan Morales' office they could seek higher penalties or arrest of group leaders if they do not comply with his order. |
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| | iB::Topic::"Republic of Texas" Again Pushes for Independence |
| | The separatist Republic of Texas group, which largely dissolved after an abortive uprising in the Davis Mountains left several of its leaders dead or in prison in 1997, has reformed, and is again pushing its message that Texas should be a free and independent nation, 1200 WOAI news reported today. | | | Texas joined the Union as a free and independent Republic and was given the privilege to form four other states out of its area or to secede form the Union if it so chose. | | | Texas did secede from the Union in 1860 and if it had not joined the Confederacy would still be a separate nation. |
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| | republicoftexas.html |
| | When several Republic of Texas separatists holed up in the west Texas town of Fort Davis on April 27, 1997, hundreds of Texas Rangers, state troopers and sheriff's officers descended on the Davis Mountains Resort, where a week-long standoff ensued. | | | Right, Ron Beames, a friend of Republic of Texas renegade holdout Rick Mclaren, weeps after not being allowed to see his friend. | | | Residents of a Texas town unite when peace is disrupted by a standoff between renegade separatists and the law |
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| | Sons of the Republic of Texas, Home Page |
| | Library of Daughters of the Republic of Texas | | | Send mail to Sons of The Republic of Texas with questions or comments. | | | Members are documented descendants of men or women who were registered as living in the Republic of Texas. |
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http://www.srttexas.org
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| | Republic of Texas Hostages Set Free in Prisoner Exchange |
| | Joe Rowe, 51, the head of a local property owners' association and a longtime critic of the group, was wounded by shrapnel Sunday as Republic of Texas members shot their way into his home. | | | In a move that law enforcement officials have not fully explained, Joe and Margaret Ann Rowe were set free early Monday after police allowed a Republic of Texas member arrested on weapons charges to leave jail and return to the group's armed headquarters in these remote mountains of southwest Texas. | | | Richard McLaren, the ambassador of the group, and his followers still refused to surrender to authorities, beginning day two of a standoff that apparently has police in a quandary about how to avoid further bloodshed. |
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