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<blockquote data-quote="Deep Purple" data-source="post: 3267057" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>It was actually good for Texas that the Tyler-Texas annexation treaty failed ratification in June 1844. Had it passed, Texas would not have immediately become a state, but would have to first pass through a territorial status and surrender all its public lands to the federal government.</p><p></p><p>When the annexation issue was reintroduced as a Joint Resolution of Congress in December 1844 (with the Texas Congress concurring in July 1845), American Manifest Destiny ambitions and fear of British encroachment into Texas were at an all-time high. This was partly due to a wily Texas administration alternately cozying up to Britain and keeping her at arms length to play on American Anglophobia. For these reasons, and perhaps because Texans might feel wounded over the defeat of the annexation treaty, the Joint Resolution significantly sweetened the deal for Texas. Texas would skip territorial status, being admitted directly as a state, and would retain its public lands.</p><p></p><p>The retention of public lands was critical. The US owns 50%-80% of public lands in most western states. In Texas, it owns less than 2% -- which it had to acquire by purchase, mainly for military bases. It also means Texas, not the Feds, controls the state's oil reserves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deep Purple, post: 3267057, member: 17"] It was actually good for Texas that the Tyler-Texas annexation treaty failed ratification in June 1844. Had it passed, Texas would not have immediately become a state, but would have to first pass through a territorial status and surrender all its public lands to the federal government. When the annexation issue was reintroduced as a Joint Resolution of Congress in December 1844 (with the Texas Congress concurring in July 1845), American Manifest Destiny ambitions and fear of British encroachment into Texas were at an all-time high. This was partly due to a wily Texas administration alternately cozying up to Britain and keeping her at arms length to play on American Anglophobia. For these reasons, and perhaps because Texans might feel wounded over the defeat of the annexation treaty, the Joint Resolution significantly sweetened the deal for Texas. Texas would skip territorial status, being admitted directly as a state, and would retain its public lands. The retention of public lands was critical. The US owns 50%-80% of public lands in most western states. In Texas, it owns less than 2% -- which it had to acquire by purchase, mainly for military bases. It also means Texas, not the Feds, controls the state's oil reserves. [/QUOTE]
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