The Federalist Revolts

Episode 5 of Brandon Seale's podcast on the Republic of the Rio Grande.After the failed "Texas campaign" of 1836, the Mexican centralist army falls back onto the Rio Grande villas. Through a series of requisitions, taxes and just outright theft, they manage to impoverish the region and bankrupt Antonio Zapata. Yet, Zapata doesn't join the first Rio Grande revolt against centralist rule in 1838, led by Antonio Canales. Not yet anyway.Selected BibliographyAnna, Timothy E. Forging Mexico: 1821-1...