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Subject: Texas Day-by-Day - June 21, 2013
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FYI
ÍViva Gálvez . . . y los Tejanos!
Robert Thonhoff
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June 21, 2013
American Revolution reaches Texas
June 21, 1779
On this day in 1779, Spain came to the aid of the rebelling American colonists by formally declaring war on Great Britain.The primary role played by Texas in the conflict was to supply Spanish forces mounting an assault on British territory from Louisiana. King Carlos III commissioned Bernardo de Gálvez to conduct a campaign against the British along the Mississippi River and the Gulf Coast. In order to feed his troops, Gálvez sent an emissary, Francisco García, to...
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