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South states to secede. A year later a war broke out between the North and South called the Civil War. Many Texans fought in the Civil War because they loved Texas, state’s rights, and to preserve slavery.

Civil War, in which the CSA lost miserably and slavery was abolished. All of this leads to the question: why did Texans fight in the civil war? Texans fought in the civil war to protect states’ rights, for their love of Texas, and to preserve and protect slavery.

at all times. I wouldn’t give a hoot for the man who lost and laughed. That’s why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war” (George s. Patton). America went into war with mexico because they couldn’t agree with which country owned what land. Texans were starting a revolution against Mexico to make Texas It’s own country. So the Americans went to war with mexico over land in 1846. The war with Mexico started in 1846. The war took place mostly in mexico and texas. What was happening was the Americans

nation and that resulted in southern secession. Shortly after that, tensions snapped and the Civil War began. The question is, why did the people of Texas fight in the Civil War? Texans fought in the Civil War because they were pro-slavery, supported State’s Rights, and were loyal to Texas. One of the main reasons Texans fought in the Civil War was the issue of slavery. According to the

War was unjustified was because they were land hungry. Texans wanted to cross the Mexican borders.

“Poor New Mexico! So far from Heaven; so close to Texas.” This is related to Armijos stand because he wanted the Texans gone the minute he heard about their invasion. “At first, Armijo wanted the Texians executed” (The Continent Divided: U.S.-Mexican War)This means that he was ready to do something about the Texans. You can also tell that Armijo wasn’t to happy about the Texans coming but instead he took them to Mexico City and held them captive. Manuel Armijo made his stand during he was governor

Texas seceded along with 10 other states because of the ruling of President Lincoln, and that was when the war broke out(Background Essay). The Texans wanted protection over slavery,their love for Texas, and states rights so much that they fought against their own country for those reasons. Protection of slavery was a very big deal towards the Texans. The Texas population was made up of 30% of slaves(Document A). Texas could not have as much agriculture production without the slaves they needed

morale was in good standing and that the soldiers were onboard with the current campaign. Lastly, Gen. Cos should have employed his scouts units more effectively, in order to better monitor the movements of the Texan militia. In doing so he would have been able to recognize that the Texans had a scout unit on the lookout for the return of Col. Ugartechea. Taking into consideration all of these ways to counter biases and fill the intelligence gaps that Gen. Cos had in this particular battle, let’s

many years Mexican policies had rarely caused concern in Texas, although a large part of the population were Anglo-American immigrants who were attracted by the generous land policies. Rebellion stirred when Mexican authorities began to regulate Texan activities more closely. A brief revolt in 1826 known as the Fredonian Rebellion was an attempt by two Anglo-American brothers to establish an independent republic. The revolt, which was not supported by most Anglo-Americans, was unsuccessful, but

commencement of the war, Texas was predominantly a quiet place with frontier traditions and rural life dominating the state. The life of the Texans was predominantly within their ranches and farms and never ventured far off their local ranches with farming being the predominate activity. Texas Historical Commission (2012) indicates that even though Texans were only 5% of the total USA population, they accounted for at least 7% of the response to the call for volunteers into the WWII. Texas was