A LONG ROAD TO THE BATTLE AT THE ALAMO
Mexico had its hands full with Texas—the northern portion of its state Coahuila y Tejas—in 1835. Many Texas citizens wanted separate statehood from Coahuila within the Mexican confederation. This proved a dangerous position, because Texas’s first citizen of colonization, Stephen F. Austin, remained jailed in Mexico since the previous year for urging Texans to begin drawing up plans for separation. The issue also divided Texas. Some sought
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