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A comment on The Revolution Against the Revolution: Looking Back on Shays’ Rebellion. Parent comment

Re:The Revolution Against the Revolution: Looking Back on Sh... by dragonwriter on Thursday August 16, 2018 @01:19PM (#17776625)
> Slightly pedantic, I could be wrong, but no serious attempts were ever made to conquer south

Florida and Texas?

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Re:The Revolution Against the Revolution: Looking Back on Sh... by emodendroket on Thursday August 16, 2018 @03:31PM (#17777792)
Privateers were constantly trying in places like Cuba and Nicaragua too (this practice is the origin of the term "filibustering;" look up William Walker if you're interested) but yeah the Mexican-American War is the obvious answer. Somehow I missed that paragraph when I replied earlier.
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