Texas History: Did US buy Texas from Mexico?
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- An animation of Texas History in 5 minutes | Mexico's Invasion of Texas | Texas Revolution | Texas became a state of US
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- Spanish conquistadors first visited Texas area
- Texas were claimed by five countries: France, Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the United States of America
- Mexican Texas became a part of Mexico
- Texas Revolution in 1835-1836
- Texas during The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848
- Texas during civil war
- and more ...
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This history version is different from the Mexican version.
The part I agree is that Mexico allowed some US Citizens to immigrate to Texas and abide by Mexican Law not massive immigration and land grab.
The newly arrived wanted free land and free labor in Texas like in the other US states at the time, slavery was no longer allowed in Mexico since it's independence.
This created tension with the Mexican Government to get them out of Texas.
The Alamo uprising was instigated with the US Blessing which contributed to the battles that followed.
Please remember that most of the citizens of Texas joined in the 1835-1836 Revolution. Some of the names of the Texians who died at the Alamo were Abamillo, Badillo, Espalier, Esparza, Fuentes, Guerrero, Losoya, and Nava. Those are names of brown Tejanos, not white folks.
At San Jacinto, Juan Seguin commanded a unit of the Texian army in which every member spoke only Spanish, not English. Those were brown Tejanos, not white folks.
Please remember that Hendrick Arnold was a free black man who was one of the scouts for the Texian force which drove the Mexican garrison out of San Antonio in 1835. Greenbury B. Logan was a free black man who was wounded in that battle, and Texas gave him 640 acres (one square mile) for his service. Both of these men spoke English (Anglo), but they weren't white or brown. They were black.
The whites were Europeans and Americans who were invited first by Spain, later by Mexico to move to Texas. They were not invaders. They were given land by the government (Spain until 1821, Mexico 1821-1836) to come and live in Texas.
Texians who supported the revolution against Mexico's 15-year rule of Texas came in several colors. The common denominator for them was their intense dislike of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna deciding to repudiate Mexico's Constitution of 1824 and declare himself dictator.
If Mexico really wanted to keep Texas, then Mexico should have ruled it sensibly during the 15 years that Mexico had it (1821-1836).
@@JKHero Yes, what independence? the Masons didn't allow it then and they are not going to allow it today.
Spanish stolen territory was not then by default part of Mexican territory, just as Central American nations (most of them) had also once been part of Spanish territory that had briefly then been part of Mexico. After Spain left, much of the territory claimed its own independence. How arrogant of anyone to then claim that stolen land -- due to imperialism -- should then be passed along to people from a subset of that former Spanish territory.
No no no so im mexican so basicly in the english way they say here they dont say the fact they had our god damn prisident helt hotage so he had to sell land or get killed. So honsitly i dont really like the u.s and how they stoled our land
Is because is all a lie. Americans always try to bastardize history. As direct descendant of the Canary Islanders that founded San Antonio in 1718 don’t believe anything that’s based in Anglo history
In 1839 MEXICO did not invade TEXAS. Actually Mexican government allowed anglos to live in Texas under certain conditions one of them being not slavery in that territory whoch americans did not like thus Mexico had to take back what they had offered.
It's almost like letting a shit ton of immigrants into your country that do not share your cultural values is a bad fucking idea, huh?
@@QarthCEO It is, actually, a proof of the horrible kind of people from USA that was arriving to Texas (part of Mexico).
@@emiliosuperboy So maybe the lesson is to not allow a shit ton of immigrants into your country that do not share your cultural values...
Emilio Márquez funk you man, calling us horrible kinds of people, I hope you know my family fought for Texas in the revolutionary war
si eso es algo de lo que yo se :D
At 2:07, two of the "protesters" are holding megaphones.
WOW !!! I had no idea that Texans had such modern toys in 1824.
all that and you don't mention the biggest blunder of all. jfk was killed by the cia
Lol
oh my god will you stop nitpicking
@@tacticalizedstool4998 -- Yeah, you are correct.
The megaphones are a minor issue compared to the many worse errors in this video.
I’m learning this in school rn!
That's why there is a lot of Mexicans in Texas, California, Arizona, and New Mexico because we taking it back slowly but surely
Random Entertainment we are
The reason people are dieing crossing the rio grande is not because their taking it back its because they are trying to get to the wealthiest nation on the earth the land of opportunity
Yeah thats whats going on
You never had Texas? It’s been Anglo majority since it was colonized. And legal immigrants to Texas are not Mexicans they are Texans :)
Lmao nah. From a Texan along with the high majority, we are not rejoining Mexico
Texas,San Francisco,and New México are from mexico :v
But not any more they are 100% American
@@visorij3374 nope
In that states live more mexicans
@@scouter87 The entire reason Mexico lost Texas was because Mexico allowed too much immigration in Texas.
@@QarthCEO I know that was the fucking mistake that mexico made but well, it is not surprising since the country is always governed by idiots, sells homelands
@@scouter87 Thing is, there were people in those lands before Mexico came around. Before the French, before the Spaniards, before the first white man ever set foot on these shores. Those are conquered lands. The claims made to them by Mexico and the US are drenched in blood and neither are righteous.
México had people from Louisiana with permits living in Texas, Mexico. Under 2 conditions 1st being catholic and 2nd SLAVERY WAS ILLEGAL IN MÉXICO. The Unitedstatians (As the name America was already taken to name the continent) couldn't bare it and decided the land was theirs. The rest of the story was bla bla, bang bang, Liberty. Then USA kept arming narcos to weaken Mexico still today, either republican or democrats are the same. Greetings to everyone!
Please remember that most of the citizens of Texas joined in the 1835-1836 Revolution. Some of the names of the Texians who died at the Alamo were Abamillo, Badillo, Espalier, Esparza, Fuentes, Guerrero, Losoya, and Nava. Those are names of brown Tejanos, not white folks.
At San Jacinto, Juan Seguin commanded a unit of the Texian army in which every member spoke only Spanish, not English. Those were brown Tejanos, not white folks.
Please remember that Hendrick Arnold was a free black man who was one of the scouts for the Texian force which drove the Mexican garrison out of San Antonio in 1835. Greenbury B. Logan was a free black man who was wounded in that battle, and Texas gave him 640 acres (one square mile) for his service. Both of these men spoke English (Anglo), but they weren't white or brown. They were black.
The whites were Europeans and Americans who were invited first by Spain, later by Mexico to move to Texas. They were not invaders. They were given land by the government (Spain until 1821, Mexico 1821-1836) to come and live in Texas.
Texians who supported the revolution against Mexico's 15-year rule of Texas came in several colors. The common denominator for them was their intense dislike of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna deciding to repudiate Mexico's Constitution of 1824 and declare himself dictator.
If Mexico really wanted to keep Texas, then Mexico should have ruled it sensibly during the 15 years that Mexico had it (1821-1836).
@Open road -- I received an e-mail saying that You replied to my post.
However, I don't see a reply here.
What happened?
Then do something to change Mexico. Or is everyone permanently passive? Plus, what makes you believe that, after Spain left, the people who weren't native to Texas (i.e., Mexicans) had some right to former Spanish claims to the territory?
At 2:24, the flag on the screen has a star much too small to be the Texas star / Texas flag.
At 2:30, "immigrants arrived from the U.S and Germany as well." Of course, in 1836, Germany wasn't really an organized country, just a collection of separate countries. And, of course, immigrants also came to Texas from Poland, Bohemia, Slovakia, Ireland, etc.
At 2:30, what flag are you trying to represent? When Texas became the 28th state, the U.S. flag was changed to have 28 stars, not 12. And, why does that flag have just 8 stripes?
Oh my God you're so picky it's just a nice little animation which simplifies some information.
@@alexcooperspinningdisk -- Uh, yeah, it OVER-simplifies it.
And often presents wrong information.
I think it would be better to have subtitles because I'm not a native speaker and I think Texas is from Mexico :)
if i didn't understand anything ;v
Yes
I agree, subtitles please.
You don't buy something with a gun in your hand neither by invading and killing people on the way.
Es de México y. 🇲🇽
I'm from TEXAS and from the story, I was always told texas was Part of Mexico and it was called Provincia de Texas the Spaniards and french WAs their territory and natives had tribes in others like Oklahoma was Cherokee but After the Alamo happened things changed.
So... Texas joined the Union voluntarily. Then left. I missed the part where they rejoined.
As a direct descendant of the founders of San Antonio Texas. Texas was never purchased it was stolen. Texas joined the States because Mexico wanted to regain control over Texas after they tried to become independent. Texas had no choice but to enter the union or become part of Mexico once again. But the real cause that made Texas wanted independence it was because Texans were not happy how Mexico were handling the country. Mostly Texans we’re loyal to Spain and after the Mexican independence Mexico abolish Slavery and Texas was not so happy about it and tensions had been high for years between the Americans who had come to settle Texas and the Mexican authorities.
When Mexico encouraged Americans to settle Texas, the immigrants were given land that Mexicans had not claimed. These Americans became Mexican citizens and were supposed to learn Spanish and convert to Catholicism. They never really became "Mexican," however. They kept their language and culturally had more in common with the people of the U.S. than with Mexico.
Most of the American settlers in Mexico were from Southern states, where slavery was still legal. They even brought their slaves with them. By the 1830s, many settlers were afraid that the Mexicans would take their slaves away, so slave owners wanted independence from Mexico.
The Constitution of 1824 allowed the Texans freedom to rule themselves. Santa Anna replaced this constitution with another that gave the federal government more control, and many Texans were outraged.
Texans found it hard to resolve their differences with the central Mexican government, as new governments often reversed decisions made by previous ones.
Texas was separated from most of Mexico by large stretches of desert with few roads. Selling their goods in Mexican ports was almost impossible. For Texan farmers, it was easier to send goods downstream to the coast, ship them to a nearby U.S. city, and sell them there. So the Texans had strong economic ties with the United States.
Texas was half of the state of Coahuila y Texas. From the beginning, the American settlers (and many of the Mexican Tejanos as well) wanted full Mexican statehood for Texas, as the state capital was far away and difficult to reach.
The Americans outnumbered the Tejanos by as many as four to one.
Many Americans believed that Texas, as well as other parts of Mexico, should belong to the United States. Political leaders such as Andrew Jackson secretly encouraged Texas settlers to rebel.
Stephen F. Austin was one of many Americans who immigrated to Texas planning on being good citizens of Mexico. After years of arguments with the Mexican bureaucracy, he changed sides and supported independence. He spent a year in a Mexican prison for supporting Texas statehood.
In 1835, the first shots of the Texas Revolution were fired in the town of Gonzales. After the Texans captured San Antonio, General Santa Anna marched north with a giant army. They overran the defenders at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, the same year Texas formally declared independence.
Mexico tried several times in the next few years to reclaim Texas, the Republic of Texas joined the United States in 1845.
Are you really going to compliment yourself regarding slavery when your ancestors helped steal land from Native Americans, having killed many to do so? And in the long run, San Antonio was about the only place in Texas not repeatedly abandoned due to Native Indians trying to take back their territory. The entire reason for wanting settlers was due to the need to fight the Indians to do so. It was still THEIR land. Mexico simply sought what had been former Spanish wanna-be territory, and even Spain had difficulty staking claim to it due to being pushed back by the Native Indians. It's like someone steals your car and then has their stolen car stolen and shouting how unfair it was -- but only the second theft, not the first.
@Rocco Lucio -- When Mexico abolished slavery, it didn't abolish slavery.
Mexico supposedly abolished slavery in 1810, but slavery continued in the country.
Mexico abolished slavery in 1829, but the federal government exempted the Yucatan from the change, and the state government of Cohuila y Tejas exempted Tejas from the change.
The total abolition and prohibition of forced labor in Mexico was not absolute until the reissue of the Mexican Constitution in 1917.
Lol....Mexico never had Texas because the mexicans couldn't defeat the native tribes. Also the true Tejano's like Capt. Juan Seguin fought for the Anglos against the tyrannical mexican govt.
White people Kelly the white name @@kellyw8017
Kennedy was not shot with a pistol. I saw Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald live on TV. I was 15.
Music so loud can not hear what is being said
Can’t believe bro forgot the Alamo 😢
chalet i am
mexican and i dont know than
i designed the video
but if you have a question about mexico ask me :^
nose ingles TnT
Is it true that Texas was sold to the United States and not actually taken by war ? Just asking
Thanks, sir love the video
0:35 five nations? I thought there was 6! Yall internationally left the confederate states! I knew this was BS when they left that one detail out!
The video's primary fault is not leaving out things.
The primary fault is adding falsehoods to the story.
Much better videos exist for anyone who really cares about accurate history.
Excellent robotic reading of the Wikipedia article.
@Jerry D. White -- I agree that it is a robotic reading.
However, the Wiki article is much more accurate than this video,
which mostly invents a "history" out of subjection and BS.
2:00 didn't you missed a part there bud?
There is also the 1st Republic of Texas made my the early Tejanos
YEAHH BOIS I HAVE TO WATCH THIS FOR SCHOOOL
Me too and i from MVA Academy it's an academy in Internet :))
@@huongnguyen-gx9pe oh I'm from MVA Academy too
hello my schoollfelow :3
ggn't
Its wrong this is not how it was 😡
If you have to watch this vid for school,
then you need to be in a different school.
This vid is rubbish.
It contains errors, fabrications, and lies.
Texas california utha nevada colorado arizona nuevo mexico cansas ciyti son de mexico
eran
Ok and?
Guatemala and El Salvador we’re part of Mexico but they don’t wanna rejoin into the country
Comung from a Texan. No we do not belong to you any longer and never will.
@@GhostOfKotori If Texas no longer belongs to Mexico, it is more I love that they have American patriotism but it seems unfair that while Mexico wanted the best for all people, Texans (at that time) wanted slaves and were very, very racist but now there are people who They kill my brothers in the desert and it seems less fair to me that they kill her on lands that belonged to my people.
Maya's been in America for 30000 year north and south so fy
I don't think so
Yet another rather superficial and rushed effort. Cutesy images don't exactly inspire confidence.
Im my heart our old lands will always be Mexican
What is Mexican? Do you forget about All the Tribes the mexicans couldn't conquer?
They were spanish to begin with if you want to go further back native american, land is always changing owner is our turn now
In my heart Americas will always be Spanish
No sé inglés :/
Yo tampoco :c
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@David israel Espadas gomez wtf are you talking about dumbass? If you want it then try to take it. You're going to lose anyway asshole.
Yo menos
I am seeing this on history of my school and my teacher send me this and it is very helpful.
And I say hello to everyone who see this.
It lacks many things, especially the Mexican part, aside from that it’s good
Same
@ Samanta Blankenhorn -- Must suck to have to watch a fake history video for school.
I suggest that you should find a real history version instead of this crap.
I would have asked Santanna for a rifle and ammunition!!! 🇲🇽
Your going way to fast I couldn't keep up by the fastness that you were going it was to boring
Does stealing count?????
Algún día pancho villa regresara y Emiliano Zapata y reconquistara los estados 🇲🇽👏👌
No y'all won't 😂
Mexico invaded Texas? hahaha 😂
This is the biggest lie ever y’all need to see what actually happened.
@Gabriel Wayne -- Yep, this video has more error than truth.
Yeah this story is wrong 😡
now its being invade by south asians 🤣
At this point it doesn’t matter because greed come full circle as Hispanics now became the majority of Texas. It would have been sooner but lots moved around this past decade2010-2020. Making places like nyc 19% Hispanic . And making places like Arizona under 30% Hispanic . They won the battle but lost the war as only 40% of Hispanics vote after 200 year of occupation.
@ joe gonzalez -- What are you talking about?
Native Americans in South Tejas became loyal Spanish citizens during the Mission Era. They accepted Espanol as their language and the Catholic Church as their religion. Today, they are often called Tejanos because they are the great-great-grandchildren of the original peoples of South Tejas.
They fought for Texas independence in the Alamo and at San Jacinto. They still live on the land that their ancestors lived on centuries ago.
@@jamesgoode9246 no such thing as Texas independence
Texas siempre será de México.
Is that why y'all lost? Fight Texas again and watch y'all lose
@@joanbriceno7634 they never lost it was stolen do your research...
En tus sueños pura chingada! Mexico nunca Ló Tuvo y no puede ya!
De cualquier forma está lleno de Mexicanos, muy pronto los Estaunidenses serán una minoría.
No. Siempre seramos parte de los estados.
Texas está más cerca de formar denuevo estado de México.
No pueden con todo los más de 30 estados que tenemos y crees que podrán con ese?
What a way to cleanse history 👎
The truth is Texas was owned by Mexico for a brief time after their independence from Spain. The land had been claimed by France and England as well previously. But Mexico couldn't get it's citizens to move there. American's began to illegally immigrate and settle Texas, fighting the Apache's and brutal conditions. They decide to succeed from Mexico and became independent.
After conflicts between Texas and Mexico, (which began with the Alamo), the United States annexed Texas in 1845. The US sent troops to Mexico and this quickly lead to the Mexican - American War which Mexico lost pretty quickly.
In part of the peace treaty (Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo) the US outlined the border with Mexico and that an amicable arrangement to sell this land should be reached.
So the answer ironically is Mexico had an uncontrollable immigration problem, and the Texans succeeded from them. The US didn't steal Texas, per se.
Texas was "claimed" by Mexico solely because it had been part of Spain's claimed empire, as though whatever Spain has claimed suddenly belonged to Mexico, which had originally been a small part of Spain's conquered territory; as Spain conquered more territory, they gave much of it the same name, so when Spain was driven out, many of those peoples didn't want anything to do with Mexico, such as Central American countries (originally pulled into "Mexico" but who then claimed their own independence).
@@kellyw8017 England never claimed Texas, French claim was short live and Spain claimed it via New Spain, the forerunner of Mexico
@@elmaje9119 I meant France and Spain.
I would hesitate to call New Spain the "forerunner" of Mexico. The original 13 colonies aren't considered forerunners of the US.
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This presentation was "so cute"...
But the reality is that corrupt authorities from Mexico and The U.S. did had an economic agreement " under the table".
Despite the victims of El Alamo, the real deal was cooking.
Mexican Politicians as corrupt as they have always been, made a good profit out of it.
And U.S. government was not behind, of course.
Thank you for respecting my comments.
Blessings!!!
A.A.A.
Go to hell stupid nazi.
@@eduardomontiel4447 lmao what
Full of lies video, wow.
No
@@GhostOfKotori like u would know...smh
@@kalitatl8540 I actually do.
@@kalitatl8540 Unlike you.
@@GhostOfKotori So you are a history professor?
It's funny how they were trying to keep their stolen land "claim"
What in the world are you trying to say?
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SImple answer. No we did not buy my state into the US.
You did and not even buy it fairly you forced them after the war
@@biaankhi1351 -- Please remember that most of the citizens of Texas joined in the 1835-1836 Revolution. Some of the names of the Texians who died at the Alamo were Abamillo, Badillo, Espalier, Esparza, Fuentes, Guerrero, Losoya, and Nava. Those are names of brown Tejanos, not white folks.
At San Jacinto, Juan Seguin commanded a unit of the Texian army in which every member spoke only Spanish, not English. Those were brown Tejanos, not white folks.
Please remember that Hendrick Arnold was a free black man who was one of the scouts for the Texian force which drove the Mexican garrison out of San Antonio in 1835. Greenbury B. Logan was a free black man who was wounded in that battle, and Texas gave him 640 acres (one square mile) for his service. Both of these men spoke English (Anglo), but they weren't white or brown. They were black.
The whites were Europeans and Americans who were invited first by Spain, later by Mexico to move to Texas. They were not invaders. They were given land by the government (Spain until 1821, Mexico 1821-1836) to come and live in Texas.
Texians who supported the revolution against Mexico's 15-year rule of Texas came in several colors. The common denominator for them was their intense dislike of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna deciding to repudiate Mexico's Constitution of 1824 and declare himself dictator.
If Mexico really wanted to keep Texas, then Mexico should have ruled it sensibly during the 15 years that Mexico had it (1821-1836).
@@JKHero And the reason for land leases in the first place was that claims to land and settling the land were not the same thing. The Spanish and then Mexicans kept being pushed out by Native Indians. So not many were willing to actually try to settle the area. The people coming from the north (some had already settled the area much earlier on their own), were willing to give it a shot. It's like someone pointing to someone else's home and saying, "That home belongs to me. But the actual owners keep pushing me away, but if you go take it for me, I'll give you some rights to it. Just make sure to say it actually belongs to me."
@@kellyw8017 -- As far back as we know, the area that is now Texas was inhabited by the Caddo, Tonkawa, Karankawa, Bidai, Ouachita, Kawatoni, Kitsai, Coahuiltecans, Carrizo, Jumano, and Pueblo.
What happened --> In the late 1600s and early 1700s, two groups moved into present-day Texas at about the same time. The Spanish moved in from the south while the Apache and Comanche moved in from the north. The Natives of Texas were caught in an impossible situation. Those who accepted Spain as the new owner of Texas moved into the protection of the Spanish missions and learned the Spanish language and are now called "Mexican" even though they are really descendants of the Natives of Texas. The best name for them (which is still used some) is "Tejano." Those who did not accept Spain as the new owner of Texas stayed out of the missions and were slaughtered by the Comanche.
The Comanche, who invaded Texas from the north, continued to fight against the Natives of Texas, Spain, Mexico, Texas, the CSA, and the USA until about 1875.
@@jamesgoode9246 It doesn't matter that there were several Indian tribes in the state now called Texas. The point is that Texas was claimed by Spain (on paper but hardly any territorial settlement in reality) and then Mexico claimed the former Spanish territory as their own, and again, there wasn't much settlement. Mexico also claimed the former Spanish territory of Central America as their own. How did that work out? Anyone trying to claim it should still be part of Mexico and any Mexican has a right to settle there? When Texas became independent of everyone just 15 years later, there were obviously Native Indians living there. Then Texas became part of The U.S. The Native Indians are still there. But Texas is NOT the native homeland of anyone whose ancestry was never part of that territory.
Revisionist.
Tejas is from mexique
Crisanto Morales -- Not exactly -- As far back as we know, the area that is now Texas was inhabited by the Caddo, Tonkawa, Karankawa, Bidai, Ouachita, Kawatoni, Kitsai, Coahuiltecans, Carrizo, Jumano, Pueblo, and other groups. Some of those groups were nomadic and moved in and out of what is now Texas.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Spanish moved in from the South and the Apache and Comanche moved in from the North. The Comanche eliminated many native groups. The Spanish converted many native groups into Spanish citizens.
Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821. Mexico's control of Texas was brief, from 1821 to 1836. That's 15 years. That's not enough time to be much important. The influences of native groups and the Spanish have been more important to the development of Texas than the influence of Mexico.
@@JKHero The influence of Mexico is about 0.002% out of 100.
@@JKHero Anglos using the indigenous people as an excuse to deny ownership of Texas to the Spaniards and Mexicans, what a joke!
@@elmaje9119 -- Many Native Americans of Tejas were converted into Spanish citizens by the Missionaries.
They abandoned their old lives and became vaqueros and carpenters and masons and such.
They participated in the revolt which won Mexico's independence from Spain in 1821.
They became Tejanos. They participated in the revolt which won Tejas' independence from Mexico in 1836.
They still live in Texas. They are productive citizens. They are loyal to their Church and their country.
Tejas Forever !!!
@@elmaje9119 Texas es de usa, California, eso le enseñan a esos tipos, para engañarlos, sabiendo que California y Texas y demás estados, querían ser parte de EEUU, los pobladores eran mayoritariamente nativos, no mexicanos, los mexicanos patriotas, no todos, los loc#s no respetan a los nativos y los texanos que trabajaron la tierra!
Texas was independent by the mexico and the texas name in the old days it was called republic of texas It was become a u.s state
Texas anglo immigrants went to war with Mexico in fear of slavery being abolished, anglos loved having slaves and Mexico abolished it completely
slavery was an issue, not the main one. The entire country of mexico revolted against the dictator santa anna. to paint a picture where the just mexican government was trying to free the slaves and thats why there was war could not be further from the truth. next time your lefty professor tells you something, research it.
@ Anonymous1122 -- When Mexico abolished slavery, it didn't abolish it.
Mexico supposedly abolished slavery in 1810, but slavery continued in the country.
Mexico abolished slavery in 1829, but the federal government exempted the Yucatan from the change, and the state government of Cohuila y Tejas exempted Texas from the change.
The total abolition and prohibition of forced labor in Mexico was not absolute until the re-issue of the Mexican Constitution in 1917.
Most Texans did not own slaves. About 1/4 of Texas families owned slaves.
Some African-Americans in Texas were free, not slaves. Here are three examples:
Hendrick Arnold was a free black man who was one of the scouts for the Texian force which drove the Mexican garrison out of San Antonio in 1835. Greenbury B. Logan was a free black man who was wounded in that battle, and Texas gave him 640 acres (one square mile) for his service. Samuel McCulloch, Jr. was a free black man wounded during the Battle of Goliad. In fact, he is considered by some to be the first casualty of the Texas Revolution. As a disabled veteran, Texas gave him one league (4,428 acres) of land. All of these men spoke English (Anglo), but they weren't white or brown. They were black.
People of several colors fought for Texas independence. The reason was because Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna repudiated the Mexican Constitution of 1824 and made himself dictator. The Texians wanted to live in a republic, not in a dictatorship.
And so why america cry adout russian crimea????
TEXAS IS TEXAS
Oh, we GLAZED over that SLAVERY part, didn't we? (Thumbs down on this nonsense).
@ Solo Six -- When Mexico abolished slavery, it didn't abolish slavery. Mexico supposedly abolished slavery in 1810, but slavery continued in the country. Mexico abolished slavery in 1829, but the federal government exempted the Yucatan from the change, and the state government of Cohuila y Tejas exempted Texas from the change. The total abolition and prohibition of forced labor in Mexico was not absolute until the reissue of the Mexican Constitution in 1917.
Texas revolted against Mexican rule after Santa Anna repudiated the Constitution of 1824 and made himself dictator. Several states openly rebelled against him - including Alta California, Nuevo México, Tabasco, Sonora, Coahuila y Tejas, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Durango, Guanajuato, Michoacán, Yucatán, Jalisco, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas.
It's dishonest to completely ignore the fact that the entire country of Mexico revolted when Santa Anna nullified the Mexican constitution and disbanded it's congress. Are you intentionally trying to make it seem as if Texas was stolen from Mexico rather than winning its independence from a totalitarian dictator?
Y se te hace correcto que después de que México tuvo una guerra que mató a miles de mexicanos en contra del reino totalitario de España una lucha que fue desde California hasta Yucatán para darles libertad y soberanía lleguen algunos y te roben tu territorio que tanto te costó para que fueran libres y que esos "revolucionarios" nisiquiera eran mexicanos sino sajones
This, often as a hispanic there’s a lot of anger and arrogance towards perceived “stealers” but in reality it’s not an educated observation at all. It was never about Mexico but actually pushing native Americans off US land instead and capitalizing on an unstable regime. Given what it is now, this was the best case scenario
But why did some Anglo immigrants have the right to take over Mexican land, if they had not respected our laws and mutual agreements to begin with?
@@JCarlosCS1221 -- In the 1800s, Spain established a system to bring into Tejas
Americans to develop the province, establish an economy, and become loyal Spanish citizens.
In 1821, Mexico won independence from Spain. The Mexican government was frequently in turmoil.
When Generalissimo y Presidente Antonio López de Santa Anna denounced the Mexican Constitution
and made himself dictator, many provinces of Mexico revolted -- including Alta California, Coahuila y Tejas, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Nuevo México, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Yucatán, and Zacatecas.
Tejas was the only one which won independence.
Anglo settlers didn't "take over Mexican land." They were given land by the Kingdom of Spain.
When the train-wreck of a Mexican government changed the rules, Tejas revolted and won independence.