Can Texas Secede from the Union?

Can Texas, or any other state, become independent?
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[RW2996]

Texas became a nation because Americans moved into Mexican territory and decided that they would rather be a state of the US. So they fought to break away from Mexico. The ONLY reason Texas was a nation is because the US did not want to rush it into the union to unbalance the scale between slave and free states. People act as if Texas was some ancient culture conquered by the US. Texas is not like Scotland. Texas left Mexico with the intention to be a state. It wasnt forced into the union.

[DavidR747]

2:57 "nobody beats america in war business", yeh except Vietnam XD

[loganmc3]

Hi, from Canada here.

Can you make one about "What if Quebec seceded?"

[bob d'brickshaw]

thumbs up if u saw the creeper

[bigad97]

Am I the only one here who realizes that Texas became part of the US because of the Treaties of Velasco with Mexico which means that Texas becomes an independent state and Mexico can break it at anytime and start another war against Texas just like Germany did decades ago? Even since not a single word in the treaty talks about the United States or it's statehood? I mean seriously, if Texas can go to war without declaration by the US, then obviously Texas isn't fully in the US.

[Brian Gregory]

Texas can do anything it wants to. It's a free planet.

[Albus Dumbledore]

Could you please please please do a video on the issues surrounding Scottish independence which scots like myself will have to vote for in just over a year from now. I want someone to share black and white facts and whenever possible explain the grey area inbetween! Appropriate that I should ask CGPGrey no?

[git44r]

2:46 :D

[Veerwhil]

Usually these videos inform in a manner that leaves no room for doubt. But this one is essentially based on an appeal to authority - secession is impossible because the government forbids it. By that logic, what right does the US have to even exist? Surely Britain didn't legally rule in favor of its colonies' independence. One can argue that it's unrealistic for a state to secede, but that doesn't render invalid a people's desire to leave a hopelessly corrupt and out of control federal union.

[MikeRomulus]

it's a Zerg symbol from Starcraft.. clearly CGPGrey loves his Starcraft, or atleast knows that Starcraft is huge in South Korea :)