The state of Texas has one of the strongest state identities of all states in the US. One of the most iconic pieces of this identity (aside from Oil and the Dallas Cowboys), is San Antonio de Bexar, more commonly known as the Alamo. The Siege and the Battle of the Alamo where part of the much broader Texan Revolution. Despite the fact that Texans pride themselves on the fact that their state was once its own independent country and no other states where (not true, see the Green Mountain Republic (Vermont), Bear Flag Republic (California), and Kingdom of Hawai'i (Hawaii)), many revolutions where occurring simultaneously in Alta California, the Rio Grande, and the Yucatan. Also, one of the Alamos most iconic defenders, William B. Travis, wrote a letter commonly called the 'The Travis Letter' or 'Victory or Death', that called upon the United States of America and the nations of the world to assist the defenders of the Alamo in their cause. Although the letter was not answered, it could have impacted history by a very wide margin. This episode imagines if the US Government, lead by Andrew Jackson, had intervened in the Texan Revolution and helped secure the independence of other regions as well. 

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