History of the United States I / Unit 11 USH1 1513 short lesson, about 20 seconds
James Long
Captions available
The idea
In the summer of eighteen nineteen James Long of Natchez led three hundred men across the Sabine River to take control of Texas.
In practice
His men capturing Nacogdoches, writing a declaration of independence and setting up a republican government.
Where people slip
Spanish troops expelled them within a month. Returning in eighteen twenty with a smaller force, Long was arrested, imprisoned and killed.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Something wrong in this lesson? Flag it · Sources for History of the United States I