Mexican Texas is the historiographical name used to refer to the era of Texan history between 1821 and 1836, when it was part of Mexico. Mexico gained independence in 1821 after winning its war against Spain, which began in 1810. Initially, Mexican Texas operated similarly to …

May 1, 1995 · The Mexican war of independence (1810–21), one of the rebellions that erupted throughout Latin America to overthrow Spanish colonial rule (see SPANISH TEXAS), left Mexico with an array of problems that touched upon events in the far northern Mexican province of Texas. Economically, the country faced devastation in 1821.

The Republic of Texas (Spanish: República de Tejas), or simply Texas, was a breakaway state in North America. [5] It existed for close to 10 years, from March 2, 1836 to February 19, 1846. Texas shared borders with Mexico, the Republic of the Rio Grande (another Mexican breakaway republic), and the United States of America. The Republic of ...

Jan 11, 2025 · Texas Revolution, war fought from October 1835 to April 1836 between Mexico and Texas colonists that resulted in Texas’s independence from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas (1836–45). Learn more about the Texas Revolution, including notable battles.

The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos (Hispanic Texans) against the centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas.

Feb 1, 1996 · Texas in the Age of Mexican Independence. The nineteenth century opened with the western world at war and Texas once again about to become a bone of contention between Spain and rivals who would dismember the Spanish empire.

When the U.S. annexed Texas, Mexico severed formal diplomatic relations with the U.S. Failed diplomatic efforts by the U.S. to establish agreement on the Texas-Mexico border and to purchase Mexico’s California and New Mexico territories set the stage for the Mexican-American War.

Texas’s struggle for independence from Mexico and its annexation by the United States led to the Mexican War. From 1846 to 1848, the United States fought Mexico to acquire land stretching from Texas to the Pacific Ocean.

On April 20-21, Houston’s force met Mexican forces under the direct command of Santa Anna at San Jacinto. Inspired by the events at the Alamo and Goliad, Texas forces swept through Mexican forces killing many and taking hundreds of prisoners. Santa Anna was …

Oct 17, 2018 · Before Texas was a U.S. state, it was its own independent nation where both Mexicans and white immigrants were citizens. But during the nine years that the Republic of Texas existed, Mexicans...