Jack of Harts

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 to drive off Indian raids. America had accepted it as a Spanish colony, but Mexico claimed it. And the Mexican authorities did not trust the local independence movements that still raged. They finally banned further immigration from America, took away the tax breaks from Texian colonists, and confiscated weapons that the locals were using to protect themselves from Indian raids. The Tejanos and Texians were extremely unhappy with their remote rulers in Mexico when General Santa Anna led a revolt to overthrow the Mexican regime in 1832. Texas followed his example, expelled the Mexican authorities, and demanded redress and concessions from the government. The Mexican government agreed to their demands and the citizens of Texas went back to their lives.