For the Love of Texas. Tell Me about the Revolution!

Before Texas was a state in the United States, it was astate of Mexico called Coahuila y Tejas. Texans then—like Texans today—didn’tlike being told what to do. So in 1835, the land now known as Texas organized arevolt and fought for freedom from Mexico and for an independent Texas—that’sright, Texas was a country! But before it could gain independence, for over sixmonths, Mexican troops under Santa Anna battled against the Texas colonists ina bloody war with effects Texans can still find today. Saddle up with Betsy and George Christian for an interactive,fun chapter in Texas history for kids that challenges them to ask questionsabout the history they’re told and the world in which they live.