Thanks for the kind words! 100% agree with you here! I think Texans take it as a personal insult when you suggest that some things that we were told were maybe not as grand or golden as they seem. The point of discussions like this is not to disparage or insult but instead to educate and learn!

Born and raised right here in central Texas. Both sides of my family immigrated here from the modern day Czech Republic in the 1870s and 1880s and have occupied south east Texas (Milam, Colorado, Lavaca, Jackson, Victoria counties). Far from anti-texan. I just like to learn more about the state and sometimes that means learning that some things you have been told are or were incorrect. Just like with everything in life, you become a better person and grow by facing uncomfortable truths and learning from mistakes. If we pretend these don't exist, then we don't learn.

As a native Texan, I claim that. 😊

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. And yes - exaggeration is a great word. There's still a lot of storied history and information about the republic but I believe it's important to look past the often extreme claims about said Republic if you actually want to learn about the real Republic.

The end of the US revolutionary war was ended by formal treatise, brokered by multiple global powers, with all parties present and willing to negotiate an end to a conflict. That treaty was then ratified by all attending parties and acknowledged by practically every western power as law. The Treaties of Velasco were signed by Santa Anna in a swampy field in South East Texas with zero outside console, brokerage, or arbitration after a hilariously poor attempt at quelling a rebellion (of which he made numerous mistakes over the course of). A rebellion that was only one of a number of other rebellions that happened across Mexico at this time. Its not really a stretch to understand why Mexico did not acknowledge said treaties and quickly removed Santa Anna from his throne before he even got back to Mexico. Additionally, the Santa Anna x Mexico relationship is incredibly complicated and complex. Mexican politics of the 18th century are a deep a rabbit hole. Santa Anna alone was the leader of Mexico 11 times but most of this non consecutive and his worst stint as leader of Mexico wouldn't come till after the war for Texan independence. Lastly, there was zero chance that Texas would've been able to repulse another Mexican invasion unless it had unfettered military support from the US. As discussed in the video, Houston's whole goal from the day San Jacinto happened was to get annexed into the US. It was NEVER about being a republic long term. Houston knew that Texas would be swallowed up by the geopolitical maelstrom that was 1800s North America. Texas had no money, no infrastructure, and no industry. Its existence was predicated on the United States building enough political capital to annex it into the union before Mexico reorganized and tried again.

While it is probably true that Texas was not able to goverern and control the northern parts of the area within its borders, the United States did not get this land until they annexed Texas. Since they got this area of land when they annexed Texas the area was considered a part of the Republic of Texas at the time no matter any other circumstances.

Im glad you enjoyed it! The whole area by the Dinosaur Tracks is super nice! Your kids will love it. You can search Leander Dinosaur Tracks on google or apple maps and it should show up :)

Thank you for watching! Yes, slavery in Texas's departure from Mexico is an often overlooked fact of the matter and additionally, slavery played a very large part in the decision whether or not it would be annexed into the Union! Would love to dive more into both of these topics in the near future.