We, therefore, the delegates with plenary powers of the people of Texas, in solemn convention assembled, appealing to a candid world for the necessities of our condition, do hereby resolve and declare, that our political connection with the Mexican nation has forever ended, and that the people of Texas do now constitute a free, Sovereign, and independent republic, and are fully invested with all the rights and attributes which properly belong to independent nations; and, conscious of the rectitude of our intentions, we fearlessly and confidently commit the issue to the decision of the Supreme arbiter of the destinies of nations.
~Texas Declaration of Independence, March 2, 1836

On March 2, 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico and became the Republic of Texas. Life was never the same again, was it? The Texas Declaration of Independence was drafted overnight, in extreme haste, because while it was being written, the Alamo in San Antonio was under seige by Santa Anna's army of Mexico. 5 delegates prepared the document, Childress, Conrad, Gaines, Hardeman, and McKinney. (The Declaration was signed by a number of Texans, and for the record, three Mexicans. One of which, Jose Antonio Navarro, was quite a guy. So dedicated to America was he, that 4 of his sons served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.) The nation of Texas included parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming, but was later whittled down to it's current miniscule size. Eventually, we would become the 28th state in this here fine Union, and now, dear people of the United States of America, aren't you glad? Because now. NOW, we offer this to you! You're welcome!