Special EDy said:
The many years of Texas History I was forced to take beg to differ-
Texas and the Mexican Cession states were a part of Spain, stolen from France.
Mexico won independence from Spain, and all the area became part of Mexico in 1821.
In 1836 Texas won independence from Mexico, and became a state in 1848. The dispute over the border was whether the Rio Grande or Nueces River was the border.
In 1848 the Mexican Cession happened, this means the Mexican Cession states were a part of Mexico for 27 years.
A treaty stating the area of the Mexican Cession belonged to Mexico was signed by the US when Mexico won her independence.
So yes, Texas was a part of Mexico, and so were all the other states stolen from Mexico.
AND, if you read a history book you will find that Texas was taken from Mexico via occupation by US citizens. At first they gave us land grants to help colonize, but soon we began to overrun Texas. Mexico then reneged on the land grants. US citizens continued to pour into Mexico, illegally, and finally we started a revolution for Texas independence.
^^Sounds kind of familiar doesnt it? They are doing the EXACT same thing we did to them.
Your last sentence is not accurate because the pronoun "We" needs to be clarified..........
In the early 1800's Texas was part of Mexico, but was not very inhabbited by anyone. Mexico wanted the land to be more productive (bigger tax paying population, farms), so it allowed Americans to settle the area as long as 3 conditions were followed;
The American settlers had to learn Spanish, become Catholic, and follow Mexican laws....
The settles were dragging their asses regarding the following of these directives, so the Mexican govt. got pissed and sent messengers to these "Texans" to tell them that they were out of compliance, and to get with the program.
The Texans said, "Screw you, we don't want to be part of Mexico anyway, we want to be our own country....The Republic of Texas !
Naturally, Mexico got pissed and The Texas War of Independence was on, with The Texans winning this war of independence against Mexico in 1836 (This was the war involving The Alamo, Davy Crockett, Sam Houston ).
The United States had nothing to do with this war between the Texans and Mexico. The Texans wanted to be their own country.......and following their victory, they were for 10 years.....
After 10 years (1846), the Texans said "We dont want to be our own county anymore, let's join the U.S. as a state !"
The U.S. said hell yeah ! Welcome aboard! When Texas joined the U.S., there was a disagreement between the U.S. and Mexico regarding the border, and this disagreement resulted in the Mexican/American War......
So when you say "we" you're really talking about the Texans, who were not in alliance with the United States at the time
I can't self-flagellate any faster, HELP ME do my (white) penance.
