War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding

right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its

size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.

Welcome to Key Battles of American History,

a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.

Here is your host, James Early.

Thank you. host, James Early. Hello and welcome back to Key Battles of the Texas Revolution.

This is your host, James Early, as always.

And I've got Sean McIrber with me, as always.

So, Sean, you say you want a revolution?

Well, you know, I just get one, right?

Viva, Texas Revolution.

I couldn't resist a Beatles quote there, but we've got to, yeah, things are going to heat up.

Things are heating up very quickly, getting ugly, and the fighting is going to intensify.

So let's get right into it.

All right.

So last time we talked about Santa Ana and his seizure of power in Mexico City and his

moves to centralized power.

Now let's see how both Texians and Tejanos reacted to those.

So Santa Ana's imprisoning of Stephen Austin and his moves to centralized power in Mexico City

greatly alarmed both Texians and Tejanos.

One key Tejano, who found common cause with William Travis, Sam Houston, and more radical Texians was Juan Sigeen.

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