re: Who is the real UT?

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Texas wouldn't be a state if not for the men from Tennessee.

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Dear Diary

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Texas wouldn't be a state if not for the men from Tennessee. frick Texas.

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South Carolina played a major part in their independence as well. See: Travis Letter

Yet we're all going-to hear a crap ton of "big Texas this and big Texas that" stuff from here-on-out.

Never let them claim The Real UT.

UT Founded: 1794

UTa Founded: 1883

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Texas wouldn't be a state if not for the men from Tennessee.

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I always get a laugh whenever someone says that. Let's me know I am not the dumbest person on this board.

Texas was it's own nation before it became a state. Most everyone in Texas at that time was from somewhere else except for the native indians and some of the Mexican citizens. The reason they were there is because wherever they were from SUCKED so bad they wanted to go to Texas instead live in the US. That is a fact.

The "men from Tennessee" were so sick and tired of 10RC that they would rather go fight the Mexican Army than return to Tennessee. The "men from Tennessee" made up less than 10% of the Texian army. There is no evidence in the history books that states that Texas never would have become a state had it not been for the "men from Tennessee" who could not stand living in Tennessee anymore. Thanks to those men who gave the ultimate sacrifice for Texas.

After the Mexican army and Santa Anna were defeated, Texas became its own nation from 1836 until 1845. In 1845, Texas became the 28th state when it was annexed into the US.