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It was the first attempt by anglo setllers in Texas to secede from Mexico,It was led by empresario Haden Edwards
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The Mexican government sent General Manuel de Mier y Teran to investigate the situation. Many colonists hoped that he would make Texas a self governing state within the Mexican republic.
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Almost all of Mier y Terán's recommendations were adopted in a series of laws passed on April 6, 1830 under President Anastasio Bustamante. The law explicitly banned any further immigration from the United States to Texas and any new slaves.
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In June 1832 a group of Anglo-American settlers staged a rebellion against Mexican rule in the town of Anahuac, near Galveston.
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It was the first political gathering of colonists in Mexican Texas. The widespread belief that settlers in Texas wished to secede from Mexico.
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The Convention of 1832 was the first political gathering of colonists in Mexican Texas. Delegates wanted reforms from the Mexican government and hoped to quiet the widespread rumors that settlers in Texas wished to separate from Mexico.
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personally led the army into Texas to squelch the revolution. He carried out a "take-no-prisoners" policy having everyone killed at the Alamo and at Goliad.
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Austin was arrested in saltillo on his way home,The Mexican government found Austins letter to the Texans and felt it was an act of treason.He was arrested and jailed in Mexico city for 1 year.Tensions between Texas and Mexico increased.
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Mexican authorities and thus helped to precipitate the Texas Revolution.
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The Consultation served as the provisional government of Mexican Texas from November 1835 to March 1836 during the Texas Revolution. federalists began to oppose the increasingly centralist policies of the government.
