Republic of the Rio Grande República del Río Grande (Spanish) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Unrecognized state | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Laredo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Government | Republic | ||||||||||||||||||||
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• 1840 | Jesús de Cárdenas | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| January 17 1840 | |||||||||||||||||||||
• Surrender of Antonio Canales in Camargo | November 6 1840 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency | Peso | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas) United States (Texas) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Later moved to Guerrero, Tamaulipas, and in March 1840 to Victoria, Texas until disestablishment. | |||||||||||||||||||||
The Republic of the Rio Grande (Spanish: República del Río Grande) was one of a series of political movements in what was then Mexico which sought to become independent from the authoritarian, unitary government of Antonio López de Santa Anna; the Republic of Texas and the second Republic of Yucatán were created by political movements that pursued the same goal. The rebellion lasted from January 17 to November 6, 1840.