Comparison Of The Texan And American Revolutionary Wars

In comparing the Texan and American Revolutionary Wars, they were each heavily impacted by their respective governments, Mexico and Great Britain. Both revolutionary wars were influenced by the governments’ careless and brutal actions, and the rebels won both wars. If Mexico and Great Britain cared for their citizens’ pleas for change, they would still be running their empires in America and Texas. There were many similar and different reasons why Texas and the 13 Colonies were lost by their former rulers. Both Americans and Texans were each independent from their running governments because they were both isolated geographically. Unlike Texas, America had little interaction with the British before the revolution. In Texas, many cultural differences …show more content…
The potential rebels were geographically isolated from the general locations of their governments. America and Great Britain are on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Since they were many miles away, the British could not directly influence them. The Americans thought that they had grown apart from the British as they made their own lives in the colonies. Texas and Mexico City—the location of the center of the Mexican government—were closer to each other compared to America and Great Britain. However, Texas and Mexico City still had an issue with geographical isolation because Mexico City is a great amount of distance from Texas. Texas was closer to America than the Mexican government. Although both civilizations were geographically isolated from their respective governments, Texas was not as isolated as America when it comes to interaction. Before the French and Indian War, America had little interaction with the British. The American legislatures governed the colonies instead of the British. The British paid little attention to the colonies. The Texans were in contact with the Mexican government throughout their history together. Texans were always in contact with the Mexican government about immigration from the United States. Texas consisted of settlers from the United States, so the immigration laws kept them interacted. Mexicans …show more content…
A similarity of the Texas and America was that they were isolated geographically to their governments. They were isolated also in different ways. Great Britain did not interact with the colonies as Mexico did with Texas. Texas had many cultural differences to Mexico, unlike America to Great Britain. A similarity was that citizens of both wars were angered because of taxes and unfair laws. Another similarity was that both rebellious groups despised their leaders, King George and Santa Anna. In general, the citizens were already independent, but they only needed a push by their unlawful rulers with their unfair laws in order to rebel. The Texas and American Revolutionary Wars would have never occurred if it was not for the governments’ harsh