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In December of 1836, the
new government of Texas met at Columbia and the First Congress accepted
the suggestion of David Burnet, first president of the Republic
of Texas, to recognize a new design for the "National Flag" of Texas.
Records available to the congress were fragmentary, and little regard
was given to the previous Zavala design adopted eight months earlier.
On March 3rd, 1837, the Republic of Texas, under this
flag, was recognized by the government of the United States of America
as a sovereign and independent nation. Later that year, Texas applied
for annexation and statehood, but the offer was declined by American
President Martin Van Buren in the face of strong opposition led
by John Quincy Adams. Massachusetts had sworn to withdraw from the
Union if Texas was admitted, since a new southern state would upset
the balance of slave and free states. Sam Houston, serving as the
second president of the Republic of Texas, withdrew the request
for annexation two months later, and Texas remained a free and sovereign
nation for nine more years.
See the Flag
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