By The Alliance Gazette | July 5, 2026
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Before Texas became the Lone Star State, it was Mexican Texas. Mexico opened the door to settlement, land grants, ranching culture, Tejano communities, and the laws that helped shape the future of Texas. But those same policies also created tensions over immigration, slavery, local control, and power — tensions that eventually helped lead to revolution. This is Part 3 of our Six Flags of Texas series: Mexico: The Nation That Opened Texas — and Lost It Texas history is bigger than slogans.
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