"I, as President of the Republic, with my officers, am now present to surrender into the hands of whom the people have chosen... The lone star of Texas, which ten years since arose amid clouds over fields of carnage, and obscurely shone for a while, has culminated, and, following an inscrutable destiny, has passed on and become fixed forever in that glorious constellation which all freemen and lovers of freedom in the world must reverence and adore - the American Union..." - Anson Jones, 1846 The excerpt from this speech by Anson Jones in 1846 refers to the:

a. Defeat of the Mexican Army
b. Annexation of TX to the U. S.
c. TX becoming a republic
d. TX withdrawing from the Union