Editing Mora County, New Mexico (section)

===Texan and Mexican–American War periods===
When the [[Republic of Texas]] seceded from Mexico on March 2, 1836, it claimed, but did not actually control eastern New Mexico, including what is now Mora County. The town of Mora was raided unsuccessfully in 1843 by a group of [[Filibuster (military)|freebooters]] from the more narrowly defined Republic of Texas, on the pretext of stopping [[cattle rustling]], but with a clear intent of [[Horse theft#United States|horse theft]] and taking the local women and children as [[History of slavery in New Mexico|slaves]]. The [[Texas annexation|annexation of Texas]] by the United States on February 19, 1846, and US General [[Stephen W. Kearny]]'s taking of [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]], in August of that year, made these lands subject to American control under the [[Kearny Code]] and the [[US provisional government of New Mexico]], but the area remained in the minds of many long-term residents part of the Republic of Mexico under President [[Antonio López de Santa Ana|Santa Ana]].

During the [[Mexican–American War]], beginning on April 25, 1846, much of New Mexico including Mora County was subject to the [[military occupation]] of United States under [[martial law]]. During the [[Taos Revolt]] of the war, Mexican nationalist Hispano and Puebloan [[militia]] fought the [[United States Army]], repelling a small force in the [[First Battle of Mora]] on January 24, 1847, only to endure the village and surrounding ranches, farms, and crops being burned to the ground in the [[Second Battle of Mora]] on February 1, effectively ending active rebellion in the area. The provisional government's first legislature met on December 6, 1847, beginning American civil government in the region.