Why did texas want independence from mexico

Texas was separated from most of Mexico by large swaths of desert with little in the way of roads. For those Texans who produced export crops, such as cotton, it was far easier to send their goods downstream to the coast, ship them to a nearby city like New Orleans, and sell them there

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b toward the volcano.landward. the landward side of something is the side nearest to the land or facing the land, rather than the sea.