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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 Spanish Texas.
García, Richard A. Rise of the Mexican American Middle Class, San Antonio, 1919–1941 (Texas A&M UP, 1991) McKenzie, Phyllis. The Mexican Texans. (Texas A&M University Press, 2004). ISBN 1585443077, 9781585443079. Menchaca, Martha, The Mexican American Experience in Texas: Citizenship, Segregation, and the Struggle for Equality (U of Texas ...
Mexican Texas (1821−1836) — the period Texas was within independent Mexico. Located within northern Coahuila y Tejas state , from 1824 to the founding of the Republic of Texas in 1836. See also the preceding Category:Spanish Texas and the succeeding Category:Republic of Texas
By 1838, though Texas consolidated a firm hold over its eastern lands, a majority of territory claimed under the Treaty of Velasco remained under either Indian hegemony or Mexican control. Texas claimed the official southern and western border between the two countries to be the Rio Grande, Mexico considered it a ridiculous compromise to even ...
The Mexican War of Independence (1810-1821) severed Spain's control over much of its North American territories, including Texas. [1] The 1824 Constitution of Mexico defined the new country as a federal republic with nineteen states and four territories.
The new movie "The Long Game" tells the true story of the winning San Felipe High School golf team in Del Rio, Texas and the Mexican American educator and war veteran who was denied entry in a ...
U.S. Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas arrested Luis Sanchez Lopez, a Mexican national and Latin Kings gang member, according to Border Patrol. Previously convicted of aggravated battery in ...
When Texas was annexed, Mexico broke diplomatic relations with the United States. The annexation bill did not specifically define the boundaries of Texas. The former republic claimed the Rio Grande as its southern border, while Mexican authorities had always considered the Nueces River, situated further north, to be the boundary of Mexican Texas.