The Citizen your username your email Password recovery The Alamo â We learned the words âRemember the Alamo!â in grammar school, but what exactly do we remember? The United States wanted the territory that is now Texas, so President Andrew Jackson offered to buy it from Mexico. They declined, of course. Imagine Canada offering to buy New York State. Then following a revolt by U.S. citizens in Texas, the U.S. Army converted a church on Mexican soil into a fort now known as the Alamo. The Mexican army couldnât ignore that. Again, can you imagine Canada establishing a military base in Rochester, New York?