There's a reason that the first de facto flag of the United States featured a British Union Jack in the corner. And there's a reason that the flag of the Alamo defenders referenced the 1824 Mexican Constitution. Most people don't know that neither the American nor the Texans were engaged in what we call today as nation building. The nation was already built, built by settlers and religious pilgrims who braved boundless oceans and endured bitter winters. What the nation required instead was a defense and a restoration. (18:27–18:36)
CLAIM
Asserts that the American and Texas revolutions were not about nation building.
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