A long time ago a bunch of Texans gave a big screw you to Mexico and decided start their own country. I'm sure it was totally awesome. They had their own Constitution, currency, and 4 Presidents before the party had to end. I mean America was starting to look really good, and they also promised to dissolve all the debt the Texans gained from late night parties, cook-outs, shoot-outs and all the other awesome things you can do when you have a lot of land and no one to tell you what to do. At least this is the story I heard in Texas History.RATING: 90%
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Yeah, Canadians like to run off at the mouth about how we supposedly burned down the White House, but no one really bothers learning when, or why. Really, it was the British in the War of 1812, who technically weren't Canadians at all, and it was an act of revenge on the Americans for an earlier sacking and burning of York (Toronto). But to hear us tell it, it was a bunch of Canucks with torches and pitchforks.
You guys could sack Toronto again, you know. We wouldn't miss those smug bastards one bit.
I've said it before and I'll say it again - no other state in the Union is as proud of being a state as Texas.
I'm kind of embarrassed to admit that I had never heard of this whole White House burning thing until just now. Thanks American public education!
That's kind of the underlying tone of my post Laurie. I've been told all kind of propaganda (or half-truths) in school that I found out were completely untrue. Imagine my shock in college to find out Texas, in fact, had not annexed the United Stated in 1845.
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