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What Was The Main Reason For The Texas War?
“Remember the Alamo” Texas soldiers exclaimed as they fought for their independence from Mexico. Before the war, Texas was part of Mexico. Mexico didn’t have enough people in Texas so they let Americans in. Later they broke from Mexico and became part of America. Although the United States war against Mexico may be viewed as controversial, the war was just due to Mexico, ignoring the United States, Mexico killed the United State’s soldiers and when Texas was annexed to America.
Overall, the Texas revolution was the major spark of the whole dispute and was the main reason for war. Texan’s reasoning to break free from Mexico came from the Texas Declaration of Independence. According to this Declaration of Independence, “General Santa Anna, has

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