From: laro@idworld.net   
      
   "Kye Ohtie"  wrote in message   
   news:40281552@news.zianet.com...   
   > 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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