Texas Revolution

American  

noun

U.S. History.

1. 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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Example Sentences

Since 1948, the USS Texas has been at the state historic site where the decisive battle in the Texas Revolution was fought.

From Washington Times • Aug. 31, 2022

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From Fox News • Dec. 5, 2019

The state, once a part of Mexico, has a long taco history: Texan soldiers carried them in their pockets during the 1835 Texas Revolution, he said.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2019

White southerners and midwesterners had sparked the Texas Revolution, and more kept coming in the postwar years.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

On December 20, Texas Revolution of Texas declared itself independent of Mexico.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin