![]() After losing the war, Texas underwent the process of Reconstruction, in which the federal government appointed local officials to “rehabilitate” the state, dissolve slavery, and ensure national loyalty. ![]() ![]() Slavery was permitted in Texas, and it joined other Southern states in voting to secede from America in 1861. In the 1830s, Mexican and Anglo Texans united to rebel against Mexico and establish the Republic of Texas but the United States soon annexed the fledgling state, fighting a war Mexico (the Mexican-American War) to establish its dominance. Hoping to spur development, the Mexican government encouraged emigration from the United States, with the result that white settlers soon vastly outnumbered Mexicans. The territory was part of the Spanish Empire from 1690 to 1821, when it became part of the newly independent Mexico. ![]() The mid-19th century was a tumultuous time in Texas. ![]()
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