Both Texas and the United States of America entirely waged a war for independence. Despite their inherent interrelatedness, there are similarities and differences in their revolutionary wars. The American Revolution was fought to free the colonies from English, an effort in which they were victorious, leading to the establishment of the United States of America. As for Texas, it fought for its independence from Spain as well as Mexico. The similarities are in that both wars were initiated by the thought of injustices from the monarchies that were controlling them.
The revolt from the colonies and by Texas alone had one goal in mind: freedom. Texas wanted independence from Mexico because of its economic ties with the United States, an issue of keeping slavery legal as well as the Manifest Destiny, a theology in which many American believed, expressing that the United States should extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Both countries created new laws, enacted taxes and enforced old laws. The fights for independence happened out of fear of losing control over their colonies or in Texas’s case, the entire state. Other colonies and settlers began to develop on their own, goals changed over time and the reigning authority denied citizens their rights.
The main differences are that both revolutionary wars were different in time length, the amount of battles fought. The American Revolution occurred over six years; the Texas fight for independence was only for seven months. It is unclear who shot the shot that started the American Revolution and both the colonists and England shared a culture; in contrast, there was a difference between Spanish and American culture. The Texas and American revolutionary wars had their similarities and differences, yet their goals—as are the goals for many other revolutions-boiled down to independence and the freedom to live as they saw fit.
- Wallenfeldt, J. (2017, December 15). Texas Revolution. Retrieved January 14, 2018, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/Texas-Revolution
