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April 21, 1836 was the day Texas independence was effectively won, when Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna in the daring battle of San Jacinto. The impact of this battle was enormous:

"Measured by its results, San Jacinto was one of the decisive battles of the world. The freedom of Texas from Mexico won here led to annexation and to the Mexican War, resulting in the acquisition by the United States of the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, Utah and parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas and Oklahoma. Almost one-third of the present area of the American Nation, nearly a million square miles of territory, changed sovereignty."

There is a reason why these regions no longer belong to Mexico. Much as they rebelled against the heavy-handed authority of the British Crown, Americans also rebelled against equally repugnant treatment by Mexican lords who gave not a whit about the natural rights of men.

Texans are no more eager to rejoin Mexico today (for many of the same reasons) - you can forget any reconquista here.