We trace our roots back to a farmer named Elijah Stapp who came to Texas in 1826, exactly 200 years ago. Back then, Texas was ruled by a military dictatorship that was accumulating wealth and power for the people at the top. The people in Elijah's community decided to do something about it. So they elected James Kerr to go to a convention just like this one and help write the Texas Declaration of Independence. (01:46–01:56)
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Asserts that in 1826, Texas was under a military dictatorship that concentrated wealth and power among the elite.
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