Jose
2010-09-03 14:01:24 UTC
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The beginning of the story goes back nearly two decades before their
issue. In the late 1820s the Mexican government invited immigrants to
what is now Texas because the increasingly deadly Indian raids made
life a precarious matter for people living in that area. The idea was
that the new settlers, especially from the United States, would band
together and keep the most dangerous tribes from raiding into what is
now northern Mexico.
The idea worked well for a time. Then the central government in Mexico
City, especially under the dictator Santa Anna, began to exercise
increasing control over the states (provinces) that made up the
country. Several of the states openly revolted against this growing
despotism but the Mexican army, under Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa
Anna, put the rebellions down with great brutality with one exception,
that of Texas.
The Texan fight for independence resulted in the famous Battle of San
Jacinto and the utter defeat of Santa Ana. The latter signed the
Treaty of Velasco by which the Rio Grande was fixed as the southern
boundary of an independent Texas. He broke the treaty almost
immediately upon his return home, however, and units of the Mexican
army frequently raided and pillaged the southern parts of Texas in the
late 1830s and early 1840s.
At the same time the Mexican government, both publicly and through
diplomatic channels, bluntly warned the United States that war would
result if Texas became a state in the Union
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The beginning of the story goes back nearly two decades before their
issue. In the late 1820s the Mexican government invited immigrants to
what is now Texas because the increasingly deadly Indian raids made
life a precarious matter for people living in that area. The idea was
that the new settlers, especially from the United States, would band
together and keep the most dangerous tribes from raiding into what is
now northern Mexico.
The idea worked well for a time. Then the central government in Mexico
City, especially under the dictator Santa Anna, began to exercise
increasing control over the states (provinces) that made up the
country. Several of the states openly revolted against this growing
despotism but the Mexican army, under Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa
Anna, put the rebellions down with great brutality with one exception,
that of Texas.
The Texan fight for independence resulted in the famous Battle of San
Jacinto and the utter defeat of Santa Ana. The latter signed the
Treaty of Velasco by which the Rio Grande was fixed as the southern
boundary of an independent Texas. He broke the treaty almost
immediately upon his return home, however, and units of the Mexican
army frequently raided and pillaged the southern parts of Texas in the
late 1830s and early 1840s.
At the same time the Mexican government, both publicly and through
diplomatic channels, bluntly warned the United States that war would
result if Texas became a state in the Union
http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=13704