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Mexico gains indepence from spain -
--Santa Anna claimed loyalty to Constitution of 1824, but would go back on that and become a Centralist dictator of Mexico, betraying the Texans -
Haden and Benjamin Edwards declare the Republic of Fredonia (Nacogdoches) independent. Quickly squashed when Mexican soldiers planned to enter Nacogdoches. -
General Manuel Mier y Teran does a popluation report on Texas and finds that Anglos outnumber Mexicans 10 to 1. Will result in the Law of April 6, 1830 -
AS a result of the Mier y Teran report, this law was passed. It stated:
-to stop all immigration from the US to Texas
-slaves could no longer be brought to Texas
-that taxes would be placed on all imported goods from the US -
A series of meetings held by Texan colonist to petition the Mexican government for reforms culminating in the drafting of a constitution for a separate state of Texas. -
Mexican Colonel, John Davis, Bradburn, began enforcing immigration laws that outlawed slaves to be brought into Texas. He confiscated slaves belonging to William Logan. Logan brought his lawyers (which included William B. Travis), and they were arrested. This resulted in a group drafting the Turtle Bayou Resolutions, claiming loyalty only to the Constitution of 1824 -
Stephen F, Austin travels to Mexico City to deliver the resolutions written at San Felipe. Due to much political unrest, he does not get to see someone in charge for quite some time. Austin gets tired of waiting and sends word back to Texas to go ahead and prepare the independent state government. Santa Anna's men intercept the letter, -
Texan colonists refused to surrender a cannon to Mexican troops, who were sent to retrieve it after the Mexican government demanded it back. -
a revolutionary meeting in San Felipe de Austin, Texas, that served as the provisional government during the Texas Revolution. -
a 13-day siege in San Antonio, Texas, during the Texas Revolution, from February 23 to March 6, 1836. -
the surrender of Texan forces led by Colonel James Fannin to Mexican General José de Urrea. -
its strategic location for controlling the Texas coast, its role as the site of the first Texas Declaration of Independence and the Goliad Massacre, and its historical significance as the Birthplace of Texas Ranching. -
the People of Texas All Americans in the world declared that he would never surrender or retreat and ended with the famous lines Victory or Death. -
an agreement between Texas and Mexico, signed on May 14, 1836, by Antonio López de Santa Anna and David G. Burnet -
met in Washington-on-the-Brazos to declare Texas's independence from Mexico and establish the Republic of Texas. -
it secured Texas's independence from Mexico, leading to the creation of the Republic of Texas and its eventual annexation by the United States.