Could we ever see a Republic of Texas or would this mean war? The Texan Republican party has expressed the idea, so what would happen if Texas seceded from the US and became an independent country? Let's play this out by looking at history & geography to determine if Texas could ever gain independence.

Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos:    / faultlinevideos  

JOIN OUR PATREON
  / faultline  

Short form content on Instagram //
  / faultlinevideos  

And on Tiktok //
  / faultlinetv  

Follow us on Twitter //
  / faultlinevideos  

Like our Facebook Page //
  / faultlinevideos  

Any questions you have we are always in the comments :point_down:

Business enquiries // [email protected]

Music from Musicbed //
https://fm.pxf.io/c/2423499/1347628/1...

Additional Footage from Storyblocks & Archive.org
Archive Maps from David Rumsey

Faultline is produced by:

Executive Producer/Story Editor/Host: Andy Burgess
Story/Research: Jamie Elms
Editors: Ana Stanojevic & Andy Burgess
Motion Graphics: Andy Burgess
Assistant Producer/Editor: Ivan Veselov
Artwork: Tim Burgess of Wild Tales Illustration


Sources 🔗

Business Insider | The Texas GOP is pushing for a referendum to decide if the state will secede from the US - https://bit.ly/3SdAE0J

Republican Party of Texas | Report - https://bit.ly/3Bswo63

Reuters | Texas Republicans declare Biden election illegitimate - https://reut.rs/3qTnklO

Britannica | Quebec referendum of 1995 - https://bit.ly/3eWBfEZ

Legislation.gov.uk | Agreement on the withdrawal from the European Union - https://bit.ly/3BSIYwU

Find Law | Could States Really Secede from the Union? - https://bit.ly/3QRh74F

Texas Parks & Wildlife | Texas Ecoregions - https://bit.ly/3f4ckzk

Bullock Texas State History Museum | American Indians - https://bit.ly/3qP3ybe

Stacker | Biggest sources of immigrants to Texas - https://bit.ly/3LvMfpm

The Texas Education Agency | State Board of Education - https://bit.ly/3eSbg1s

Britannica | Battle of the Alamo - https://bit.ly/3eSbg1s

Texas Historical Association | Debt of the Republic of Texas - https://bit.ly/3DDWje2

Library of Congress | Texas Annexation - https://bit.ly/3UoTMu8

Texas State Library | Republic of Texas Currency - https://bit.ly/3S2Zjor

US Office of the Historian | The Annexation of Texas - https://bit.ly/3qQKYzv

Vote Archive | Texas Secession Referendum, 1861 - https://bit.ly/3f31YQt

Texas Tribune | State education board members push back on proposal - https://bit.ly/3UrOZYD

Houston Public Media | Texas can’t legally secede from the U.S - https://bit.ly/3S4DMfi

The Hill | Lawmaker to file bill calling for vote on secession from US - https://bit.ly/3QYwxUL

The New York Times | Texas Governor’s Secession Talk Stirs Furor - https://nyti.ms/3RW2MoB

Newsweek | Texas Seceding From U.S. 'Would Mean War,' Law Expert Says - https://bit.ly/3RZKu5Z

Texas v. White, 74 U.S. 700 (1868) - https://bit.ly/3SeSLTo

Statista | Crude oil production in the US in 2021, by state - https://bit.ly/3f5MZVJ

Quick Electricity | Wind Turbines in Texas - https://bit.ly/3xBEmJa

BBC | - Texas enacts controversial voting rights overhaul https://bbc.in/3Sey5uP

BU Today | Explaining the Latest Texas Anti-Transgender Directive - https://bit.ly/3BQ1FBn

The New York Times | The Texas Abortion Law Creates a Kind of Bounty Hunter. Here’s How It Works. - https://nyti.ms/3RTul1Y

NPR | Americans are fleeing to places where political views match their own - https://n.pr/3BmgSsw

Caller Times | Why Texas secession would be as much a logistical nightmare as a romantic fantasy - https://bit.ly/3xy86q3

Midland EDC | Texas Enters 2021 as world's 9th largest economy by GDP - https://bit.ly/3dvBkPN

EPA | What Climate Change means for Texas - https://bit.ly/3Urc8L1

Texas Monthly | The Texas Electric Grid Failure Was a Warm-up - https://bit.ly/3qRQQbG

Patch | Crumbling Texas Bridges Finally Getting Repaired - https://bit.ly/3eZDpns

Time | Texas Secession Is Not a New Idea - https://bit.ly/3Uoyg8D

Further Resources:
Reconstruction in Texas - https://bit.ly/3qRMLEE
What is the difference between a nation and a state? - https://bit.ly/3Bu5dI9
Texas ranked 2nd most moved to state - https://bit.ly/3qSyUO6
Not Just Bikes | Why City Design is Important (and Why I Hate Houston) - https://bit.ly/3DIOG65

Time Stamps:
00:00 - The Texas GOP pushing to secede
1:11 - Texas is bloody massive!
2:14 - The Republic of Texas
3:10 - Texas and the USA's rocky past
4:27 - How US States are divided
5:24 - The recurring idea of secession
6:15 - Pros and Cons if Texas secedes?
7:39 - The humanitarian crisis that could arise
8:45 - A new Republic of Texas is formed. What then...
9:30 - The chance of Texas seceding

#independence #texas #republic