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🗓️ 2 November 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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0:00.0 | War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding |
0:10.8 | right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its |
0:16.5 | size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history. |
0:24.0 | Welcome to Key Battles of American History, |
0:26.8 | a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars. |
0:32.8 | Here is your host, James Early. |
0:43.5 | Thank you. your host, James Early. Hello and welcome to another new battle series of key battles of American history. |
0:48.4 | This is your host, James Early, as always. |
0:51.4 | We recently wrapped up a series on the War of 1812, and now we're going to move |
0:55.3 | on to another significant American war from the late 1830s, and that is the Texas Revolution. |
1:02.0 | Now, before we get into the actual revolution itself, as we always do in our podcast series, |
1:07.3 | we're going to have to set the stage for you. So we're going to have to go back in time a little |
1:10.5 | bit and explain to you what were the factors, historical, cultural, and otherwise that led to the |
1:15.9 | Texas Revolution. Why was there even a revolution in Texas at all? So that's where we're going to be doing |
1:21.3 | this episode. We're going to be talking about Spanish, Texas, Mexican independence, and American |
1:26.6 | settlement. |
1:32.5 | And to help me in this series, I've got my good buddy and fellow Texans, Sean McIver. |
1:34.0 | Sean, how are you doing, sir? |
1:35.0 | Howdy. |
1:37.2 | All right, you ready for this? |
1:37.8 | Ready. |
1:38.6 | Let's go. |
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