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Editor says, what if Santa Anna had liberated Texas from Spanish Control? Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s). This story was published in the May 2012 edition of Changing the Times Magazine.
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In 1836, having saved the remnant Mexicans from Commanchees, the liberation forces of La Provincia de Texas commanded by López de Santa Anna arrived at San Antonio de Béxar and rescued the garrison trapped at the Alamo Mission.
Legend of The Liberator:
How the South-West was WonOf course long before this late stage in the hostilities the Spanish Authorities had realised the full significance of their historic error in selling the Port of New Orleans to the United States Government. This limited transaction had revealed their equivocal commitment to the region, and in retrospect, they would surely have been better advised to relinquish the entire Louisiana Territory. But they hadn't, and instead, this costly thirty year struggle had ensued.
The nearest Spanish Garrison was in Sante Fe. However armed Anglo settlers had begun to arrive in numbers and change the military balance of the region. But like Simon Bolivar, Santa Anna played a pivotal role in carving out an independent new nation in the Americas. He founded a South-western Confederacy stretching from Oklahoma and Arkansas through to the Gulf of Mexico, and more than that, he ensured that the new nation was viable by forging a comprehensive political and military partnership with the United States.
Entry posted by Todayinah Editor
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Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: American Heroes Source: Wikipedia Labels: Texas, Texan, Santa Anna, Alamo, Mexico. Editor says, in this article we explore a point of divergence with Scott Palter, Robbie Taylor and Jeff Provine. Of course in reality a weaker Spain had long since withdrawn from the south-west and his own military service in region (dating back to 1812) was on behalf of the Mexican State.
Scott Palter adds: Idea was Santa Anna taking chrge of a Spanish Louisiana on the breakup of the Spanish Empire and using that as a base extending his control to the West. Mexican/Spanish garrisons were thin on the ground and in 1812-1830 Louisiana was the richest state in the US. Jefferson had only tried to buy a Hong Kong type free port in New Orleans. Napoleon shocked him by insisting he take the entire territory.
~ Interesting, if a tad ASB...
~ A much more humble Santa Anna. Seems he made history better as a pioneer rather than being dazzled into emperor-hood in the bright lights of Mexico City.
~ My impression of Santa Ana is that, as a general, he was mainly good for looking impressive in a uniform. In Texas, far from the real Mexican heartland, without supplies, he'd be in bad trouble.
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