DE LA THAT MEXICAN TERRITORY IS DANGEROUS SPAIN OWNS MEXICO DID HE GET PERMISSION FROM THE SPANISH CROWN WHERE ARE YOU GOING MY FATHER GOT PERMISSION FROM THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT I DON T REALLY KNOW I M GONNA GO SETTLE TEXAS I STILL DON T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT S GOING ON THIS ISN T HOW WE START THESE BOOKS I VE NEVER SAID HARRUMPH WHO IS THAT GUY BUT MAGICAL HISTORY BOOKS ARE NONSENSE EL GRAN LIBRO ENORME HISTORIA MEXICANA WHAT IS TEXAS I M S POSED TO SAY WE HANG SPIES YOUR S POSED TO SAY I M THE PATRIOT SPY NATHAN HALE AND MY LAST WORDS SENT ME INTO A GIANT MAGICAL HISTORY BOOK GADZOOKS IT S A MAGICAL HISTORY BOOK WHY AREN T YOU EXPLAINING THINGS BETTER WE HAVEN T INTRODUCED OURSELVES OR SET UP THE THEME OF THE BOOK OR ANYTHING AND HE S S POSED TO SAY HARRUMPH HARRUMPH MAGICAL HISTORY BOOKS ARE NONSENSE он YEAH THEN WHAT S
PERDONEME LAMENTO INTERRUMPIR MIS DISCULPAS EXCUSE ME I AM SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOUR STORY WHO ARE THESE GUYS WE RE THE EXECUTIONERS VICENTE GUERRERO HOW ARE YOU WE ARE YOUR MEXICAN COUNTERPARTS AND HE S THE HISTORICAL FIGURE WE RE GOING TO EXECUTE THREE HANGMEN THERE ARE SEVEN PEOPLE ON THESE GALLOWS NOW DON T KNOW WHAT S GOING ON WHO CARES THIS LOOKS LIKE A PARTY FIRING SQUAD I AM A FIGURE FROM EL GRAN LIBRO ENORME DE LA HISTORIA MEXICANA JUST LIKE NATHAN HALE IS A FIGURE FROM THE BIG HUGE BOOK OF AMERICAN HISTORY HE WAS THE PRES LIKE SEÑOR HALE I AM TELLING STORIES FROM MY COUNTRY S HISTORY TO DELAY MY EXECUTION TODAY WE ARE DOING A LITTLE MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY CROSSOVER WE LL GET TO THAT SOON ENOUGH SENOR HALE CONTINUE POR FAVOR WHY ARE YOU FACING THE FIRING SQUAD HALES A SPY ARE YOU A SPY THANK YOU VICENTE
REVOLUTION SPAIN SAN ANTONIO DE BÉXAR TEXAS BACK TO THE STORY WITH HIS GRANT STEPHEN AUSTIN TRAVELED TO MEXICO TO START CREATING A TEXAS COLONY WHERE IS MOSES HE S DEAD HELLO EXCUSE ME HOW OLD IS THIS STEPHEN AUSTIN HE S TWENTY FOUR GOVERNOR MARTINEZ I M STEPHEN AUSTIN I COME IN PLACE OF MY FATHER POOR FELLOW I VE GOT THREE HUNDRED FAMILIES READY TO SETTLE HO HO HO SURELY YOU MUST KNOW THE NEWS SENOR AUSTIN YOU RE A GOVERNOR OF NEW SPAIN THOUGH LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT EVERY SETTLER MUST BE BAPTIZED CATHOLIC AND SWEAR ALLEGIANCE TO THE CROWN OF SPAIN RIGHT MEXICO IS NOW INDEPENDENT I WAS NOW I M A GOVERNOR OF MEXICO IT S ALL VERY EXCITING I M CONFUSED WHO OWNS MEXICO MEXICO WAS PART OF THE VAST SPANISH EMPIRE KNOWN AS NEW SPAIN BUT THAT GUY SAID MEXICO WAS INDEPENDENT NEW SPAIN SINCE 1521 WHEN CORTÉS CLAIMED VICTORY OVER THE AZTEC EMPIRE THE PEOPLE OF MEXICO HAVE LIVED UNDER SPANISH RULE YES ALLOW ME TO GIVE YOU A ONE PAGE OVERVIEW OF THE MEXICAN
Hello IN 1810 A CATHOLIC PRIEST NAMED MIGUEL HIDALGO BEGAN TO LEAD THE POOR FARMERS OF MEXICO AGAINST THEIR SPANISH RULERS HE WAS CAPTURED KILLED AND BEHEADED AT FIRST WE WERE JUST SMALL GUERRILLA GROUPS BUT WE GREW BUT THE SEEDS OF REVOLUTION WERE PLANTED THE PEOPLE OF MEXICO ROSE UP AND GREW ON SEPTEMBER 27 1821 AFTER A DECADE OF FIGHTING WE CALLED OURSELVES THE EJERCITO DE LAS TRES GARANTIAS THE ARMY OF THE THREE GUARANTEES AN ARMY OF REBELS AND FORMER ROYALISTS MARCHED INTO MEXICO CITY THE NEXT DAY MEXICO WAS INDEPENDENT I WAS ONE OF THOSE GENERALS WHAT WERE THE THREE GUARANTEES INDEPENDENCE THE ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIGION WOW MEXICO THE ANCIENT EMPIRE OF THE AZTECS AND THE MAYANS WAS FREE FROM SPANISH RULE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BEFORE THE CONQUISTADORES IT WAS INTO THIS NEWLY LIBERATED WAR TORN COUNTRY THAT YOUNG STEPHEN AUSTIN ARRIVED WITH HIS FATHER S GRANT
