It's to celebrates British colonialism as a mission of civilisation that eventually would benefit the colonised natives and the thematically corresponds to Kipling's belief that the British Empire was the Englishman's <u> "Divine Burden to reign God's Empire on Earth"</u><u>.</u><u> </u>
The duty of white men to bring education and salvation to people around the world that he deemed uncivilized. Many people, including people of color and anti-imperialists, have called this concept racist.
Battle of San Jacinto, (April 21, 1836), defeat of a Mexican army of about 1,200–1,300 men under Antonio López de Santa Anna by about 900 men (mostly recent American arrivals in Texas) led by Gen. Sam Houston