Yes
Since they don't teach Texas history
as a mandatory school subject anymore,
most younger people don't know and
don't realize our first vice president
was Lorenzo de Zavala, born in mexico,
was a bigwig politico in mexico, and
probably could have lived a life of
luxury in mexico if not for the tyranny
of Santa Anna and the crooked
mexican government of the time.
He knew how insignificant mexico
was and how important Texas was
and helped form important parts
of the new nation.
This republic was initially a part of
mexico and the settlers from the USA
were allowed to come here as a buffer
between mexico and the comanche
tribes that preyed upon the mexicans
here. You had to prove up your land
claim and convert to the church and
learn spanish. The initial settlers would
most likely have been content to remain
as mexican citizens if not for the treachery
and cruelty of the corrupt government
and Santa Anna. Might have even been
so today
