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“He’s looking at Americans who moved to places such as California, Oregon or Utah in the 1830s, when Texas had rebelled. For about 10 years, it was an independent republic, because the United States was not initially very eager to annex it. All these other Americans, in these other places, had serious discussions and took concrete steps towards emulating Texas and creating republics for themselves. They might all—particularly Utah—have broken off and become independent republics. To a lot of American politicians in the first part of the 19th century, that seemed totally understandable and normal to them.” Read more...
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