Mexican Texas

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former territory historical region

Mexican Texas was the northeastern region of Mexico in the early 19th century, encompassing what is now Texas and serving as a frontier province marked by Anglo-American colonization, tensions over governance, and the roots of the Texas Revolution.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mexican Texas frontier	1
Mexico (as part of Mexican Texas)	1
Mexico (historical, Mexican Texas)	1
Mexico–Texas borderlands	1
Nueces Strip border dispute between Texas and Mexico	1
Tejas (as part of Coahuila y Tejas under earlier Spanish administration)	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former territory ⓘ historical region ⓘ
borderedBy	Coahuila NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamaulipas NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	San Antonio de Béxar NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonizationPolicy	empresario contracts ⓘ
commonLanguages	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
followedBy	Republic of Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody	Mexican central government NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Coahuila y Tejas legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyRiver	Nueces River NERFINISHED ⓘ Red River NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio Grande NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabine River NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Anglo-American colonization ⓘ centralist versus federalist conflict ⓘ empresario land grants ⓘ origins of the Texas Revolution ⓘ tensions over immigration policy ⓘ tensions over slavery ⓘ
legalSystem	Mexican law ⓘ
locatedIn	northeastern Mexico ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorSettlement	Brazoria NERFINISHED ⓘ Goliad NERFINISHED ⓘ Gonzales NERFINISHED ⓘ Nacogdoches NERFINISHED ⓘ San Felipe de Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEmpresario	Green DeWitt NERFINISHED ⓘ Haden Edwards NERFINISHED ⓘ Martín De León NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen F. Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
partOf	Coahuila y Tejas NERFINISHED ⓘ First Mexican Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Spanish Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEvent	Anahuac Disturbances NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Gonzales NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of San Jacinto NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Alamo NERFINISHED ⓘ Fredonian Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ Law of April 6, 1830 NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sovereignState	Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodEnd	1836 ⓘ
timePeriodStart	1821 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Power → activeIn → Mexican Texas ⓘ

subject surface form: James Power (Texas empresario)

Congress of Coahuila y Tejas → appliesToJurisdiction → Mexican Texas ⓘ

Flag of Coahuila y Tejas → associatedWith → Mexican Texas ⓘ

Runaway Scrape → country → Mexican Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexico–Texas borderlands

San Felipe de Austin → country → Mexican Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexico (historical, Mexican Texas)

Come and Take It → countryOfOrigin → Mexican Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexico (as part of Mexican Texas)

Spanish Texas → followedBy → Mexican Texas ⓘ

Spanish Texas → follows → Mexican Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tejas (as part of Coahuila y Tejas under earlier Spanish administration)

Battle of Gonzales → hasCategory → Mexican Texas ⓘ

Coat of arms of Coahuila y Tejas → hasContext → Mexican Texas ⓘ

Anglo-American colonization of Texas → hasLocation → Mexican Texas ⓘ

Nueces River → historicalEventAssociation → Mexican Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nueces Strip border dispute between Texas and Mexico

Goliad Campaign → historicalRegion → Mexican Texas ⓘ

San Felipe de Austin → jurisdiction → Mexican Texas ⓘ

Battle of Gonzales → location → Mexican Texas ⓘ

Flag of Coahuila y Tejas → locationOfUse → Mexican Texas ⓘ

Texas frontier → precededBy → Mexican Texas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexican Texas frontier

Centralist Mexican government → territorialControl → Mexican Texas ⓘ