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Hard Road to Texas: Texas Annexation 1836-1845

Introduction

Prologue
Spanish Texas

Part 1
Texas Breaks Away

Part 2
On Our Own

Part 3
An International Matter

Part 4
A Treaty of Annexation

Part 5
The Final Showdown

Aftermath

The Reckoning

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