Montagnagrasso
Montagnagrasso t1_ja5tplf wrote
Reply to comment by PowerResponsibility in TIL of the Battle of San Jacinto. Just six weeks after the Texans terrible loss at The Alamo in 1836. The Texans regrouped under Sam Houston, and surprised the Mexican forces and overwhelming defeated the Mexicans. The Texans had 11 soldiers killed and the Mexicans lost 650. by triviafrenzy
This victory preserved slavery for another several decades so not really
Montagnagrasso t1_ja5tju8 wrote
Reply to comment by Regulai in TIL of the Battle of San Jacinto. Just six weeks after the Texans terrible loss at The Alamo in 1836. The Texans regrouped under Sam Houston, and surprised the Mexican forces and overwhelming defeated the Mexicans. The Texans had 11 soldiers killed and the Mexicans lost 650. by triviafrenzy
We hate Ted Cruz too, the state is just too gerrymandered for anything else to really happen.
Montagnagrasso t1_ja5t1c6 wrote
Reply to comment by annheim3 in TIL of the Battle of San Jacinto. Just six weeks after the Texans terrible loss at The Alamo in 1836. The Texans regrouped under Sam Houston, and surprised the Mexican forces and overwhelming defeated the Mexicans. The Texans had 11 soldiers killed and the Mexicans lost 650. by triviafrenzy
Santa Anna’s aggressive…enforcement of the abolition of slavery in Mexico.
Montagnagrasso t1_ja5sxmv wrote
Reply to comment by Kingofthetreaux in TIL of the Battle of San Jacinto. Just six weeks after the Texans terrible loss at The Alamo in 1836. The Texans regrouped under Sam Houston, and surprised the Mexican forces and overwhelming defeated the Mexicans. The Texans had 11 soldiers killed and the Mexicans lost 650. by triviafrenzy
To be more specific, it was about preserving slavery which had been a de facto practice since euro-american settlers were induced to the area in the early 1820s. Technically it was already illegal, but many of the settlers simply wrote up “contracts” for all the slaves that they were bringing from the states (and importing from Cuba and Africa for several decades after importing slaves was banned in the US) of 99 years, so that legally they were free (but indentured) workers. In practice it was literally just slavery with extra steps.
Montagnagrasso t1_ja5scas wrote
Reply to comment by bombayblue in TIL of the Battle of San Jacinto. Just six weeks after the Texans terrible loss at The Alamo in 1836. The Texans regrouped under Sam Houston, and surprised the Mexican forces and overwhelming defeated the Mexicans. The Texans had 11 soldiers killed and the Mexicans lost 650. by triviafrenzy
Though for pretty different reasons!
Montagnagrasso t1_iuitazc wrote
Reply to comment by Paltenburg in Human burial grounds and bullets from Spanish guns uncovered at site of last Mayan stronghold in Guatemala by GullyShotta
The Maya still exist, mainly in central america. The area is to this day mayan, yes.
Montagnagrasso t1_ja65a1y wrote
Reply to comment by Klaus_Von_Richter in TIL of the Battle of San Jacinto. Just six weeks after the Texans terrible loss at The Alamo in 1836. The Texans regrouped under Sam Houston, and surprised the Mexican forces and overwhelming defeated the Mexicans. The Texans had 11 soldiers killed and the Mexicans lost 650. by triviafrenzy
The other revolutions weren’t to preserve slavery? I’m just saying they happened at the same time but there’s different forces and motivations involved