Texas Revolution

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noun U.S. History.

a revolutionary movement, 1832–36, in which U.S. settlers asserted their independence from Mexico and established the republic of Texas.

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What had been the greatest asset of the paperback revolution,” observes Rabinowitz, “became its greatest danger.
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This is not making the 228,000 residents of Irving, Texas feel very relaxed.
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That Stone would slander the democratic, pro-Western, EuroMaidan revolution as a CIA coup is no surprise.
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The New York governor was the foremost Democrat to stand athwart the Reagan Revolution.
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In response, the April Revolution protests erupted in much of the country.
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All over the world the just claims of organized labor are intermingled with the underground conspiracy of social revolution.
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Ten thousand of the best troops in Mexico entered Texas and were shortly to be followed by ten thousand more.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He will tell you about the success he had in America; it quite makes up for the defeat of the British army in the Revolution.
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He joined the army at the outbreak of the revolution, and continued in it until it was disbanded.
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From Canada on the north, to Texas on the south, the hot winds had laid the land seemingly bare.
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