Plan de San Diego
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Plan de San Diego
The Plan de San Diego and the subsequent uprising in South Texas was a call to revolution by the Mexican and Tejano sediciosos. Their objective was to reclaim lands lost to the United States that had once been Mexican territory, and to have these lands returned to Mexico at a later date. The plan included not only Tejanos but blacks, Indians, and other disenfranchised minorities to rise up and fight against Anglo domination that they had lived under for so long.
How then did the rebellion and its bloody suppression turn Mexicans into Americans? Many ethnic Mexicans and Tejanos felt that they could still be a part of the political machine, and maintain their lands and their way of life despite the raids, bloodshed, and violence. I believe that many Mexicans and Tejanos felt that despite the racism and segregation that their futures were not in Mexico, but in Texas; which despite the Anglo domination, they felt they could make a life and a future. There was absolutely nothing in Mexico to go back to except bloodshed and famine. In Texas, there was the hope of U.S. citizenship and the long-term benefits that that could bring.
Mexico was in the midst of a bloody revolution with various warring factions fighting for control of the government, land, and the people. Mexico was a country wracked by famine, epidemics, and warfare. This bloody revolution began to spill over into South Texas with the Plan de San Diego. The sediciosos had hoped for a revolution of their own beginning in South Texas and spreading throughout the Southwest. But the support they had hoped for from their revolutionary brothers in Mexico never materialized. As federal troops and Rangers began to suppress the raids, the Plan began to loose momentum and support. Many Tejanos were split on whether to support the Plan, not knowing for sure what their future would hold; they were caught in the middle, and paid a dear price for the failed Plan....
Plan de San Diego
The Plan de San Diego and the subsequent uprising in South Texas was a call to revolution by the Mexican and Tejano sediciosos. Their objective was to reclaim lands lost to the United States that had once been Mexican territory, and to have these lands returned to Mexico at a later date. The plan included not only Tejanos but blacks, Indians, and other disenfranchised minorities to rise up and fight against Anglo domination that they had lived under for so long.
How then did the rebellion and its bloody suppression turn Mexicans into Americans? Many ethnic Mexicans and Tejanos felt that they could still be a part of the political machine, and maintain their lands and their way of life despite the raids, bloodshed, and violence. I believe that many Mexicans and Tejanos felt that despite the racism and segregation that their futures were not in Mexico, but in Texas; which despite the Anglo domination, they felt they could make a life and a future. There was absolutely nothing in Mexico to go back to except bloodshed and famine. In Texas, there was the hope of U.S. citizenship and the long-term benefits that that could bring.
Mexico was in the midst of a bloody revolution with various warring factions fighting for control of the government, land, and the people. Mexico was a country wracked by famine, epidemics, and warfare. This bloody revolution began to spill over into South Texas with the Plan de San Diego. The sediciosos had hoped for a revolution of their own beginning in South Texas and spreading throughout the Southwest. But the support they had hoped for from their revolutionary brothers in Mexico never materialized. As federal troops and Rangers began to suppress the raids, the Plan began to loose momentum and support. Many Tejanos were split on whether to support the Plan, not knowing for sure what their future would hold; they were caught in the middle, and paid a dear price for the failed Plan....