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   In article , laro@idworld.net says...   
      
   >Spanish rule of Mexico and Texas ended in 1821   
      
   From my sources, it ended with the revolution of   
   1810. The last Spanish governor in Texas fled   
   the state in 1811, as this excerpt states:   
      
   In Jan 1811, Gov. Salcedo secretly sent his family to East Texas. Gov. Salcedo   
   planned to move troops from San Antonio to defend Texas at the Rio Grande,   
   however, rumors circulated that the governor and Lt. Col. Herrera were leaving   
   Texas altogether which would be at the mercy of insurrectionists and Indians.   
   On Jan 6 Gov. Salcedo issued a proclamation to counter the panic and called for   
   renewed loyalty of Texans to the Spanish crown and way of life. On Jan 15, the   
   first overt action against the royal government in San Antonio occurred which   
   Salcedo learned of before action occurred. Rebel sympathizers under Lt. Antonio   
   Saenz planned to take over the Casa Reales, the seat of the royal government in   
   San Antonio. Despite intense efforts of Gov. Salcedo and Lt. Herrara to   
   maintain control and calm, fear, rebellion and revolutionary ideas began to   
   gain a hold on Bexareños including elements of the royal military itself from   
   within.   
      
   My source for the above is:   
      
   http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/Spain.htm   
      
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