The Mexican government renounced the treaties Santa Anna signed to end the Texas Revolution and promised to retake the rebellious region. But there were so many other, more important to them, regions rebelling from the central government, that the army[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve watched the first episode of Picard and enjoyed it. It is streaming for free right now on youtube and is well worth the time to watch it if you are Star Trek fan. That is my really tiny review.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
General Santa Anna soon overthrew the old constitution and dismantled the Republican-style government that had grown up in the previous decade. He wanted central rule, and was perfectly willing to execute anyone who stood up to him. As he proved[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Texas became a bone of contention between America and Mexico after the creation of the First Mexican Empire. Local born Tejanos and American Texians lived, worked, and fought together to build a prosperous borderland between the two nations powerful enough[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Texas played a unique role in the various revolutions that plagued New Spain in the early 1800s. Spain had only lightly colonized it, France had reportedly placed colonies there, and the United States of America thought they had purchased everything[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
New Spain played host to many revolutionary movements over the centuries of Spanish rule, some of Indian focus and some by Spaniards who simply wanted more freedom from the crown. The 1800s proved the bloodiest time for New Spain though.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Spain explored Texas in the late 1600s to hunt down rumored French outposts in the area, and sent full colonies to plant their flag in the 1700s. But they soon found Eastern Texas not worth the effort to maintain and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Spain claimed and colonized New Mexico in the 1500s, though that far region was hard to control and defend against the Indian tribes further to the north. It actually seemed as if Spain might abandon the region in the 1600s,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the more fascinating arguments I’ve heard during the recent Impeachment is over who decides our foreign policy. And as a reader and writer of science fiction, I have a deep interest in this kind of thing. On the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Though Spain claimed Texas as far back as the 1500s, they ignored it for most of the centuries that followed. It was a backwater, inhabited by people they considered to be uncivilized savages. They did have some settlements on the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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