Republic of the Rio Grande

Republic of the Rio Grande República del Río Grande (Spanish)
1840
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Status	Unrecognized state
Capital	Laredo
Common languages	Spanish
Government	Republic
President
• 1840	Jesús de Cárdenas
History
• Siete Leyes	17 January 1840
• Surrender of Antonio Canales in Camargo	6 November 1840
Currency	Peso
Preceded by Succeeded by Coahuila Nuevo León Tamaulipas Republic of Texas Coahuila Nuevo León Tamaulipas Republic of Texas
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 Mexico which sought to become independent from the unitary government dominated by 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. Insurgents fighting against the Centralist Republic of Mexico sought to establish the Republic of the Rio Grande as an independent nation in Northern Mexico. The rebellion lasted from 17 January to 6 November 1840.