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Great post, I'm going to link to it.
But in item #6, I think you meant to say "seceded" instead of "succeeded." Not really important, but I thought I would point it out. "Succeeded" means "came after," while "seceded" means "withdrew from."
Thanks! The correction has been made. I actually do know the difference between the words; sometimes my fingers get the better of me and I type a more commonly used word by accident and then don't catch it in the proof reading. Thanks for pointing it out, and thanks for the link!
Are you familiar with the term "Manifest Destiny"? The "Anglo- Saxon" doctrine which implies that they, the U.S., should aquire all the land in North America from sea to shining sea...Also,
don't you find it odd that the Tejanos after gaining independence from Mexico, turned and became part of the U.S.? coincedence?..don't think so.
Of course I'm familiar with Manifest Destiny; I'm well aware the U.S. became obsessed with enveloping everything between both coasts. The fact that this nation was greedy for land doesn't change the fact that Spain and Mexico both invited Americans to settle Texas because they new they would create successful, tax producing cities and help develop an infrastructure in a place where they had repeatedly failed to do so on their own.
And no, I don't find it the least bit odd or coincidental that a group of American settlers would seek to formally join their new homeland to the United States of America, especially after Santa Anna/Mexico was enraged at them and desperately wanted to reconquer them. They knew they were in for a world of hurt if they didn't join up with someone who had a bigger army to protect them. They also had strong cultural ties to the U.S. and they stood to gain economically by joining the U.S.
The lesson here is that when a nation invites in huge numbers of people from a neighboring country and a vastly different culture, sooner or later those people are likely to wrest that area away rather than fully assimilate and become loyal to their new home nation. This what it happening in much of the Southwest right now. People who immigrate from far away places are more cut off from their previous homeland and culture, and thus are more strongly motivated to assimilate and embrace their new nation.
Great history lesson!
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