At the end of the British mandate on Palestine which gave Israel its legitimacy, Israel was declared an independent state in May 15th, 1948. Answer Israel was established by G-d.
A decade later in the Spring of 1858, they briefly saw combat again when they were sent north to the Red River to settle a band of Comanche Indians. After Texas seceded from the United States during the Civil War in 1861, an organization was created in Houston, called Terry's Texas Rangers.
How did Texas become a state? Mexico became independent from Spain in the 1820s. As people moved into the Texas area, it ended up being dominated by Americans, which led the settlers to rise up and win their independence from Mexico. Texas wanted into the United States after winning independence.