timeline

  • Mexican independence

    Mexican independence

    Mexico gains indepence from spain
  • Consituon of 1824

    Consituon of 1824

    --Santa Anna claimed loyalty to Constitution of 1824, but would go back on that and become a Centralist dictator of Mexico, betraying the Texans
  • Fredioan rebollian

    Fredioan rebollian

    Haden and Benjamin Edwards declare the Republic of Fredonia (Nacogdoches) independent. Quickly squashed when Mexican soldiers planned to enter Nacogdoches.
  • Mier y teran report

    Mier y teran report

    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
  • Law of April

    Law of April

    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
  • Conventions of 1832/1833

    Conventions of 1832/1833

    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.
  • Turtle bayou resolutions

    Turtle bayou resolutions

    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
  • Arrest of Stphen F Austin

    Arrest of Stphen F Austin

    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,
  • Battle of Gonzales

    Battle of Gonzales

    Texan colonists refused to surrender a cannon to Mexican troops, who were sent to retrieve it after the Mexican government demanded it back.
  • Consultation of 1835

    Consultation of 1835

    a revolutionary meeting in San Felipe de Austin, Texas, that served as the provisional government during the Texas Revolution.
  • Battle of Alamo

    Battle of Alamo

    a 13-day siege in San Antonio, Texas, during the Texas Revolution, from February 23 to March 6, 1836.
  • Battle of Coleto creek

    Battle of Coleto creek

    the surrender of Texan forces led by Colonel James Fannin to Mexican General José de Urrea.
  • Goliad massacre

    Goliad massacre

    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 Travis letter

    The Travis letter

    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.
  • Treaty of Velasco

    Treaty of Velasco

    an agreement between Texas and Mexico, signed on May 14, 1836, by Antonio López de Santa Anna and David G. Burnet
  • Constitution Convention of 1836

    Constitution Convention of 1836

    met in Washington-on-the-Brazos to declare Texas's independence from Mexico and establish the Republic of Texas.
  • Battle of San Jacinto

    Battle of San Jacinto

    it secured Texas's independence from Mexico, leading to the creation of the Republic of Texas and its eventual annexation by the United States.