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A 5 page paper which considers how the history of Texas independence is chronicled in Jesus F. de la Teja’s 1991 book, 'A Revolution Remembered: The Memoirs and Selected Correspondence of Juan N. Seguin' by examining how five people were motivated to act and the reasons for their actions and how five military figures were able to control others through intimidation, force, etc. 1 source is cited in the bibliography.
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now the American Southwest had once been states belonging to Mexico. During the tumultuous period of the 1830s and 1840s, there were frequent (and bloody) battles between the "Texians" (Texas-born
Mexicans) and the Mexican forces for one of the most valuable of territorial prizes, Texas. One of the most impressive and controversial of the fighters for Mexican independence was
San Antonio-born (called New Spain in the nineteenth century) Juan N. Seguin, who would later serve as a military colonel, Texas public servant, and also faced the humiliation of being
imprisoned in a Mexican jail charged with treason. His memoirs and vivid observations of the battles for Texas independence was compiled by Professor Jesus de la Teja in a
massive three-volume work, published in 1991, A Revolution Remembered: The Memoirs and Correspondence of Juan N. Seguin. There are several colorful characters described in this epic historical chronicle, and
to gain greater insight into the events which occurred during the battles of the Texas Revolution, the motivations behind the actions of five prominent people will be considered, as well
as the methods of control exercised by five military figures. There might not have been a Texas independence movement, had it not been for a gallant Texas-born Mexican rebel named
Erasmo Seguin, father of Juan. The elder Seguins actions were motivated by his identity as a Texan, rather than as a Mexican citizen. He resented what he considered to
be Mexicos intrusion in Texas affairs, and was named by Stephen F. Austin as one of the earliest revolutionary commanders, assisting in the settlement of the territory. Erasmo Seguin
was shrewd enough to recognize that Texas and Mexico would never be able to peacefully coexist, and the only alternative was a fight for liberation. Although largely forgotten by
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