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The Revolution led to divided loyalties among the Tejano population of Texas. Tejanos fought in the Revolution's major battles on both the rebel and Mexican sides, with members of the same family even fighting for opposite sides on occasion.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Poyo |first1=Gerald Eugene |title=Tejano Journey, 1770-1850 |date=1996 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=9780292784901 |page=74 |url=https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Tejano_Journey_1770_1850/uYW2AgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref> While Poyo stresses that loyalties were divided,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Poyo |first1=Gerald Eugene |title=Tejano Journey, 1770-1850 |date=1996 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=9780292784901 |page=74 |url=https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Tejano_Journey_1770_1850/uYW2AgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref> De la Teja has contended that most Tejanos embraced the cause of Texan independence.<ref>{{cite book |last1=De la Teja |first1=Jesus |last2=Weber |title=Tejano Leadership in Mexican and Revolutionary Texas |date=2010 |publisher=Texas A&M University Press |isbn=9781603443029 |page=8 |url=https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005INZH52 |access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref> Anglo Texans dominated the political leadership of the Republic of Texas, and during the 1836-1845 period only a handful of Tejanos were elected to the Texas legislature.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Poyo |first1=Gerald Eugene |title=Tejano Journey, 1770-1850 |date=1996 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=9780292784901 |page=77 |url=https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Tejano_Journey_1770_1850/uYW2AgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |access-date=25 June 2021}}</ref>

Prominent Hispanic Texas [[José Antonio Menchaca|Antonio Menchaca]] fought for the Revolution and was renowned for the bravery he displayed at the [[Battle of San Jacinto]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Menchaca|first=Antonio|editor-last=Matovina|editor-first=Timothy|editor2-last=de la Teja|editor2-first=Jesus F.|title=Recollections of a Tejano Life: Antonio Menchaca in Texas History|publisher=University of Texas Press|year=2013|isbn=978-0292748651|page=1}}</ref> After Texan independence was achieved, the [[Congress of the Republic of Texas]] passed a joint resolution in 1838 honoring Menchaca's service in the Revolution and granting him a home in San Antonio.<ref>{{cite book |last=Menchaca|first=Antonio|editor-last=Matovina|editor-first=Timothy|editor2-last=de la Teja|editor2-first=Jesus F.|title=Recollections of a Tejano Life: Antonio Menchaca in Texas History|publisher=University of Texas Press|year=2013|isbn=978-0292748651|page=14}}</ref> He frequently spoke up for ''Tejano'' veterans who thought they had been denied proper compensation for their service and often served as a witness in legal proceedings on their behalf.<ref>{{cite book |last=Menchaca|first=Antonio|editor-last=Matovina|editor-first=Timothy|editor2-last=de la Teja|editor2-first=Jesus F.|title=Recollections of a Tejano Life: Antonio Menchaca in Texas History|publisher=University of Texas Press|year=2013|isbn=978-0292748651|page=15}}</ref> Tejano [[José Antonio Navarro]] was one of the signatories of the [[Texas Declaration of Independence]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Menchaca|first=Antonio|editor-last=Matovina|editor-first=Timothy|editor2-last=de la Teja|editor2-first=Jesus F.|title=Recollections of a Tejano Life: Antonio Menchaca in Texas History|publisher=University of Texas Press|year=2013|isbn=978-0292748651|page=1}}</ref>

Under legacy subheading - historical memory? Commemoration? Historical debates?