Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. I, as President of the Republic, with my officers, am now present to surrender into the hands of those 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 . . .

Speech by Anson Jones

The excerpt from this speech by Anson Jones in 1846 refers to which of the following?

the defeat of the Mexican army
the annexation of Texas to the United States
Texas becoming a republic
Texas withdrawing from the Union