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There is also an option if migrating Poles would be too late to save or reenforce the Texas area, for the Mexican government to sponsor their settlement in the Rio Grande valley, Santa Fe New Mexico area, or the even more important San Francisco Bay and Monterey area of California. Of course...

Even if Texan history did not go much differently, with the exception of more Polish Catholics among the founder population, there could be interesting downstream consequences. As it was in real life, Texas had enough eastern Germans, Poles, Czechs to introduce Polka. Poles did not have an...

Estimate of total Texas population on the eve of the rebellion in 1835 was about 35,000 - Population Growth from Early Texas Settlers - Texas Proud. A few thousand, in the single-digit thousands, could conceivably make a difference. The strength engaged on both sides of the Texas revolution...

I bow to your superior knowledge of the Great Emigration. I guess a much larger group than 6,000 left Poland right after the uprising failed, but had to return soon from exile to be near their family and village support systems to survive.

The ‘troublemakers’ can be good for Texas if they have military experience or personal liquid wealth that could be taxed or used in service of Mexico. The fact they rebelled once before should not be an overwhelming concern for a Mexican regime, unlike a Spanish one. Catholic Protestant...

Honestly both "normal" people from Poland and troublemakers would have their uses for the Mexican republic, for....reasons.

.....and I thought this would be @ATP bait!

Alternate Polish settlement scheme around this time - France's formulate in 1831, and importantly, put it into action in less than a year to beat Britain to the punch, to settle Western Australia, then not universally recognized as British or settled by the British (first settled in 1833). A...

What if the Mexican Republic, by 1832 perhaps getting a little concerned with the growing Anglo-American community in Texas and its loyalty, decides that recruiting a more diverse immigrant stream than just this one connected to the Republic next door is a good idea. Mexican leadership sees...